What are the physiological functions of blood?
Transportation medium:
Give the total buffer capacity for a bicarbonate buffer
53%
Give the total buffer capacity for non bicarbonate buffer
47%
Haemostasis
Coagulation
Reactions after vessel injuries
Effect of blood on homeostasis
Promotes:
What proportion of blood is water?
90%
Composition of blood
Blood + Anticoagulation and Centrifugation →
Plasma (with fibrinogen) + Cellular elements
Blood + long resting period
Serum (no fibrinogen)
Blood clot (fibrin-web)
Hematocrit

Average hematocrit value
40% or 0.4
Average hematocrit value for dogs
0.46
Average hematocrit value for hens
0.32
What does the hematocrit show us?
The veloicty of sedimentation corpuscular elements
Blood cell sedimentation rate for horses
60-70 mm/hour
Blood cell sedimentation rate for dogs
5-10 mm/hour
Blood cell sedimentation rate for swine
1-14 mm/hour
Blood cell sedimentation rate for hens
1-4 mm/hour
Blood cell sedimentation rate for ruminants
0-2 mm/hour
Blood cell sedimentation rate for human
3-10 mm/hour
pH of blood
7.35 - 7.45
pHvenous <pHarterial
Give the relative viscosity of:
Give the density of plasma
1020 g/l
Give the density of total blood
1052 g/l