{"id":4091,"date":"2017-03-27T20:50:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T20:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=4091"},"modified":"2024-04-26T02:22:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T02:22:03","slug":"the-role-of-blood-in-the-body","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/chapter\/the-role-of-blood-in-the-body\/","title":{"raw":"The Role of Blood in the Body","rendered":"The Role of Blood in the Body"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Identify the role of blood in the body<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nBlood, like the human blood illustrated in Figure 1 is important for regulation of the body\u2019s systems and homeostasis. Blood helps maintain homeostasis by stabilizing pH, temperature, osmotic pressure, and by eliminating excess heat. Blood supports growth by distributing nutrients and hormones, and by removing waste.\u00a0<strong>Red blood cells <\/strong>contain hemoglobin, which\u00a0binds oxygen. These cells deliver oxygen to the cells and remove carbon dioxide.\r\n\r\nBlood plays a protective role by transporting clotting factors and <strong>platelets<\/strong> to prevent blood loss after injury. Blood also transports the disease-fighting agents\u00a0<b>white blood cells<\/b> to sites of infection. These cells\u2014including neutrophils, monocytes, lymphocytes, eosinophils, and basophils\u2014are involved in the immune response.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2925\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"size-large wp-image-2925\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/2017\/02\/08203641\/Figure_40_02_01-1024x533.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration shows different types of blood cells and cellular components. Red blood cells are disc-shaped and puckered in the middle. Platelets are long and thin, and about half the length red blood cells. Neutrophils, monocytes, lymphocytes, eosinophils, and basophils are about twice the diameter of red blood cells and spherical. Monocytes and eosinophils have U-shaped nuclei. Eosinophils contain granules, but monocytes do not. Basophils and neutrophils both have irregularly shaped, multi-lobed nuclei and granules.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"533\" \/> Figure 1.\u00a0The cells and cellular components of human blood are shown.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\r\n<h3>Try It<\/h3>\r\nhttps:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/45440a8d-b288-4cd8-989c-01a6a68e5746\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify the role of blood in the body<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Blood, like the human blood illustrated in Figure 1 is important for regulation of the body\u2019s systems and homeostasis. Blood helps maintain homeostasis by stabilizing pH, temperature, osmotic pressure, and by eliminating excess heat. Blood supports growth by distributing nutrients and hormones, and by removing waste.\u00a0<strong>Red blood cells <\/strong>contain hemoglobin, which\u00a0binds oxygen. These cells deliver oxygen to the cells and remove carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n<p>Blood plays a protective role by transporting clotting factors and <strong>platelets<\/strong> to prevent blood loss after injury. Blood also transports the disease-fighting agents\u00a0<b>white blood cells<\/b> to sites of infection. These cells\u2014including neutrophils, monocytes, lymphocytes, eosinophils, and basophils\u2014are involved in the immune response.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2925\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2925\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2925\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/2017\/02\/08203641\/Figure_40_02_01-1024x533.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration shows different types of blood cells and cellular components. Red blood cells are disc-shaped and puckered in the middle. Platelets are long and thin, and about half the length red blood cells. Neutrophils, monocytes, lymphocytes, eosinophils, and basophils are about twice the diameter of red blood cells and spherical. Monocytes and eosinophils have U-shaped nuclei. Eosinophils contain granules, but monocytes do not. Basophils and neutrophils both have irregularly shaped, multi-lobed nuclei and granules.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 1.\u00a0The cells and cellular components of human blood are shown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\n<h3>Try It<\/h3>\n<p>\t<iframe id=\"assessment_practice_45440a8d-b288-4cd8-989c-01a6a68e5746\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/45440a8d-b288-4cd8-989c-01a6a68e5746?iframe_resize_id=assessment_practice_id_45440a8d-b288-4cd8-989c-01a6a68e5746\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:100%;min-height:300px;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-4091\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Biology 2e. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: OpenStax. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/185cbf87-c72e-48f5-b51e-f14f21b5eabd@10.8\">http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/185cbf87-c72e-48f5-b51e-f14f21b5eabd@10.8<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Access for free at https:\/\/openstax.org\/books\/biology-2e\/pages\/1-introduction<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Biology 2e\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"OpenStax\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/185cbf87-c72e-48f5-b51e-f14f21b5eabd@10.8\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"Access for free at https:\/\/openstax.org\/books\/biology-2e\/pages\/1-introduction\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"463cb3dd-9b99-40a0-a77c-dcf5bfbc85f5, 7d2480e4-59b3-4350-99a7-28d8b3353ce1","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-4091","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3793,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/4091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/4091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8605,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/4091\/revisions\/8605"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3793"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/4091\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=4091"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=4091"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=4091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}