Name: ___________________ Date: __________

Blood: Guided Notes

Why do people need blood?

Blood is our bodys liquid messenger.

It takes _____________ and _______________ to every cell in the body.

Where is blood made?

Blood is made mostly in our bones in a tissue called ____________________.

What happens after the heart pumps the blood?

From the heart, blood gets pumped to the lungs, where it picks up
____________ and then travels to ______________ far reaches of the body.

The blood drops off oxygen for the tissues to use and then ________________
back to the heart.

What is blood made out of?

Erythrocytes(______________________)

They are __________ in color due to their amount of oxygen.

They have a protein called _______________.

Oxygen attaches to the hemoglobin when the cell passes through

the ______________.

Leukocytes(______________________)

Keep you from getting ____________.

They are ____________ than red blood cells.

Sometimes, white blood cells ______________ invading germs

and eat them.
 Platelets

Bloods built-in safety net

When you get a cut, they help stop the bleeding by

_________________.

Plasma

________________ component of blood overall.

Its a _______ but slightly yellowish liquid made almost completely

of ____________.

It contains _______________ , _______________ , and

______________.

How much blood do we have?

In our bodies we have ________ pints of blood.

We can donate only _________ pint at time.

Donating blood can help save the lives of many people that have lost a lot of
blood, for example, in a car accident