08 March 2015

Functions of blood in Transport

1) Transport oxygen

  • Transport from lungs which is alveolus to all part of body/cells
  • In the lung, oxygen combines with haemoglobin, Hb to form oxyhaemoglobin then pumped to tissue
  • In tissue, oxyhaemoglobin supplied for cellular respiration
                         

2) Transport of water to tissue
  • to provide biochemical reactions
  • 90% of water

3) Transport of carbon dioxide

4) Transport excretory waste products
  • Deamination of excess amino acid occurs in liver to form urea
  • From liver urea is transpoerted by blood to kidneys to be excreted
5)Transport of hormones
  • Produces by the endocrine glands. For example: insulin and glucagon are carried by blood form pancreas to the liver
6) Transport of heat
  • Regulate body temperature
7) Transport absorbd foor materials
  • Soluble digested food, vitamins and mineral absorbed into the cappilaries of the villi in the small intestines. For examples: simple sugar (glucose), amino acid, vitamin B, ,mineral salts
  • They are transported by hepatic portal vein from small intestines to liver then to heart
  • Others food are absorbed into lacteals in villi. For examples: fatty acids, glycerol, vit A, D, E, K

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