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Blood (other)
Blood is a biological fluid found in animals. Blood may also refer to: Places * Blood Falls, a geological feature at the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica * Blood Mountain, Georgia, United States * Blood River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa People * Blood (surname), various people with the last name * Black Blood, later stage name for American professional wrestler Billy Jack Haynes (born 1953) * Johnny "Blood" McNally (1903–1985), American football player * James Blood Ulmer (born 1942), also known as "Blood" Ulmer, an American jazz and blues guitarist and singer Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Blood (''Transformers''), a character from the ''Transformers'' universe * Blood, the name of the dog in ''A Boy and His Dog'' * Baron Blood, several Marvel Comics characters * Brother Blood, two comic book characters in the DC Universe Film * ''Blood'' (2000 film), a British horror film starring Adrian Rawlins * ''Blood'' (2004 film), a Canadian drama film directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood
Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. Blood in the circulatory system is also known as ''peripheral blood'', and the blood cells it carries, ''peripheral blood cells''. Blood is composed of blood cells suspended in blood plasma. Plasma, which constitutes 55% of blood fluid, is mostly water (92% by volume), and contains proteins, glucose, mineral ions, hormones, carbon dioxide (plasma being the main medium for excretory product transportation), and blood cells themselves. Albumin is the main protein in plasma, and it functions to regulate the colloidal osmotic pressure of blood. The blood cells are mainly red blood cells (also called RBCs or erythrocytes), white blood cells (also called WBCs or leukocytes) and platelets (also called thrombocytes). The most abundant cells in vertebrate blo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
