Blood is considered to be an epithelial connective tissue. Blood has an average Ph of 7.4. The temperature is 100.4 Degrees. Blood is approximately 5x as viscous as water. The average adult female contains 4-5 liters of blood whereas the average adult male contains about 5-6 liters of blood. Water makes up 92% of plasma.

• 2 plasma proteins
• Albumin- Approximately 60% of plasma proteins
• Produced by the liver
• Preserves osmotic pressure of plasma
• Transports fatty acids
• Globulins- Approximately 35% of plasma proteins
• Antibodies aka immunoglobulin’s
• Fibrinogen- Approximately 4%

Functions in blood clotting, under certain conditions. Fibrinogen molecules combine to form strands of fibrin.

• Serum- Is the liquid remaining after blood clotting proteins have been removed from plasma
• 3 Salts- major plasma electrolytes are Na+, K+, Ca2, Mg2+Cl-, HCO3
• 4 Gases – oxygen and carbon dioxide
• 5 Nutrients (absorbed from digestive tract)
• 6 Enzymes and hormones
• 7 Waste products