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Do you know how the different parts of your blood work?
Blood helps make our bodies work, and our blood is made up of different parts, or COMPONENTS. These COMPONENTS include: |
- Platelets: the part of the blood that causes a thickening and sealing of breaks in blood vessel walls. Did you ever get a cut that bled for awhile, then stopped? Those were your platelets at work, helping your blood to CLOT.
- Plasma: This is the fluid part of your blood.
- Red Blood Cells:This component of blood helps carry oxygen throughout your body, and is what makes your blood red!
- White Blood Cells: These cells attack germs that could make us sick!
Do YOU have a question about blood? If you do, send your question, along with your age and first name to: Kid's Questions
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