TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - BLOOD A1 - Porteus, Matthew A1 - Mantanona, Tina A2 - Janson, Lee W. A2 - Tischler, Marc E. Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - The Big Picture: Medical Biochemistry 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. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1152118715 ER -