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4 Plasma is, on the whole, pretty similar to this kind of fluid for obvious reasons 1 60% of blood protein concentration, contributing to osmotic pressure
9 Take up ion, hormones etc. to prevent their being filtered out by the kidneys 2 Unsurprisingly used to make fibrin, a blood clotting factor
10 Also called antibodies 3 Another blood clot factor
5 Plasma minus its clotting factors
6 An albumin or a globulin plus a fatty acid, triglyceride or cholesterol
7 35% of blood protein concentration, including immunoglobulins and transport proteins
8 Primary source of plasma proteins, accounting for 90% of production


Reference

Martini, Frederic H. and Bartholomew, Edwin F. Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology. 2nd ed. 2000: Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

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