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Functions of Blood

1. Transport of respiratory Gases:

After inhaling oxygen, it reaches the lungs where it combines with hemoglobin and result in the formation oxy-hemoglobin

This oxy-hemoglobin is carried by the blood to the tissues where it breaks into Hb and O2.
The CO2 is carried by the blood to the lungs from where it passes out.

2. Transport of iron:

Inorganic iron is attached with a special type of protein which transports the iron in the body to various places.

3. Transport of nutrition:

It carries digested food material, absorbed from intestine to the tissue cells for utilization. It also carries nutritive material from storage depots to the tissues cells.

Posted by: Wasim Javed

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