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THE CIRCULATION 



COMPOSITION 

 OF THE 

 BLOOD 



CLOTTED 

 BLOOD 



BLOOD 



LYMPH 



f Plasma . 



f The liquid of the blood. 

 Water. 



Corpuscles 



Serum . 



Fibrin . 

 Corpuscles 



f Arterial . 



J Venous . . 



Temperature 

 [ Quantity . 



Source . . 

 Uses . . . 



Apparatus . 



Causes of 

 ( Circulation 



I White 



The elements of fibrin. 



Discs, round, with concave 



sides. 



Diameter, 35 1 o5 inch. 

 Thickness, ujgjj inch. 

 Yellowish, when viewed singly. 

 Have a tendency to adhere and 

 form piles when the blood is 

 drawn. 



Hemoglobin, the oxygen car- 

 rier. 



( Shape constantly varying. 

 | Diameter, Woo inch. 

 j Transparent, jelly-like. 

 ( One' to every 300 red. 



( Water. 



j Dissolved mineral salts. 



I Dissolved albumen. 



Formed during ) 

 coagulation . I Clot floats in the serum . 



Red and white. J 



Bright red. 



Red in oxygen. 



Usually contained in arteries. 



Dark purple. 



Usually found in veins. 



Contains j Lessox .Ygen than arterial blood. 



( More carbonic acid gas. 

 Converted into arterial blood by absorp- 

 tion of oxygen. 

 99 F. 

 One-tenth the weight of the body. 



Plasma of blood by osmosis, 

 j Nourish. 

 I Excrete. 



{Lymphatic capillaries. 

 Lymphatic ducts. 

 Thoracic duct. 

 Lymphatic glands. 

 ( Muscular action. 

 ( Eespi ration. 



