Question
Give three functions of blood.
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Answer
Functions:
- It transports nutrients, hormones and vitamins to the tissues and transports excretory products from the tissues to the liver and kidney.
- The RBCs carry oxygen to the tissues for the oxidation of food stuff.
- WBCs fight disease by engulfing and destroying foreign bodies.
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