Components of Blood

Objective:

• Students will be able to identify the four components of blood

Shark’s reaction to BloodMythBusters

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU9CQT-snIo

Review:Parts of the Circulatory System

• Blood Heart Blood Vessels

Four Parts of Blood

Plasma

Types of Cells

White Blood Cells

Red Blood Cells

Platelets

Which blood component?

• Hiker is climbing Mount Everest and his oxygen tank begins to drop critically low. He must immediately start his descent down the mountain before hypoxia (lack of oxygen) results in which component of his blood?

Which Blood Component?

• Woman is infected with the common cold. She has a runny nose, sore throat, cough, watery eyes, mild fatigue, and low grade fever. Which component of blood is highly functioning here?

Which Blood Component?• A boy is playing pirates with his friend and jumps

off the tree fort, scraping his head on one of the branches. Profuse bleeding begins initially, but moments later the rate of bleeding slows. Which blood component is in affect to allow his body to heal?

Which Blood Component?

• A woman just came out of surgery and is in recovery. She is in need particularly of which blood component containing fluid as well as clotting proteins to aid her recovery from operation?

Homework

• Create your own scenario for the class to identify which component

Did you know?

• FIRST TRIAL RESULTS OF ARTIFICAL BLOOD USE

• Article published 11/1/13

• Research team in Romania tested their artificially made blood containing hemerythrin on lab mice

• http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/first-trial-results-artificial-blood-use-are-encouraging

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