Functions Of Blood
Blood is
liquid connective tissue. It has 3 functions,
1. Transport.
2. Regulation.
3. Protection.
1.Transport :
- Blood transport oxygen ( O2 ) from lungs to cells of body and ( CO2 ) from body cells to lungs for exhalation.
- Blood carries nutriants from gastro intestinal tract to body cells.
- And hormones from endocrine glands to other cells.
- Blood transport heat and waste products various organs for elimination from the body.
2. Regulation :
- Circulating blood help to maintain homeostatis of body fluids.
- It helps to regulate PH through the use of buffers.
- It also helps regulate body temperature heat absorbing and coolent properties of water in blood plasma.
- It has various rate of flow in skin, the excess of heat eliminated from the body to environment.
- Blood osmotic pressure influences water content in cell mainly interactions through of dissolved ions and proteins.
3.Protection :
- Blood can clot, which protect against is excessive loss of cardiovascular system after an injury.
- White blood cells protect against disease carrying on phagocytosis.
- Some blood proteins, Antibodies, interferons and complement help to protect against disease in variety of ways.
