RT Book, Section
A1 Porteus, Matthew
A1 Mantanona, Tina
A2 Janson, Lee W.
A2 Tischler, Marc E.
SR Print(0)
ID 1152118715
T1 BLOOD
T2 The Big Picture: Medical Biochemistry
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071637916
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1152118715
RD 2024/04/19
AB Blood,  including  red  cells,  white  cells,  platelets,  and  a  collection  of  specialized  proteins,  serves  an  essential  physiologic  function  as  it  carries  molecules  from  one  part  of  the  body  to  another.  This  chapter  discusses  the  biochemical  underpinnings  of  how  blood  transports  oxygen  from  the  lungs  and  iron  to  the  tissues  that  need  them  without  causing  damage  to  the  tissues  that  do  not.  This  transport  system  also  insures  adequate  waste  removal  from  the  human  body.  In  addition,  the  biochemical  properties  of  clotting,  the  system  that  maintains  the  integrity  of  the  blood  vasculature,  are  discussed.  In  describing  the  normal  way  in  which  blood  carries  out  these  functions,  the  discussion  will  illustrate,  from  a  biochemical  perspective,  the  ways  diseases  may  result  when  these  processes  go  awry.