Question

Give three functions of blood.

Answer

Functions:

  1. It transports nutrients, hormones and vitamins to the tissues and transports excretory products from the tissues to the liver and kidney.
  2. The RBCs carry oxygen to the tissues for the oxidation of food stuff.
  3. WBCs fight disease by engulfing and destroying foreign bodies.

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