Pump It! LOUDER!!!!!

Omg I love that song! You know, that song reminded me of something. It Reminded me of blood. You might be thinking, "How the heck is she reminded of blood by that song?" The answer to that is...blood is pumped to every part of your body by your heart. Since we started on it, let's finish it. First thing we will be talking about are red blood cells! Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other part of the body. They also collect carbon dioxide from the body and take it back to the lungs. Red blood cells are originally called erythrocyte. They are made in bone marrow. Weird right? They are SO tiny! As in 125 red blood cells placed end to end wold only be a millimeter long!!!!! They look like tiny little doughnuts! Alrighty, that's red blood cells. Now, let's talk about white blood cells. White blood cells fight off diseases that enter your body. There are two different kinds of white blood cells. One of them is called B-cell. B-cells are kinda like security guards. They see the diseases and send electrical signals throughout the body. Then the other cell called the T-cell. T-cells are the ones that attack the diseases. Do you wanna know HOW they attack them? Are you sure? OK well remember you asked. They eat them.


red and white blood cells! I'm pretty sure you can tell the difference!


















OK so we finished with the cells. Now lettuce move on to-oh sorry I'm really hungry. Anyways, the next thing is...HEMOGLOBIN! I love that word! Hemoglobin is really important. It's the thing in red blood cells that carries the oxygen. So, without hemoglobin, red blood cells wouldn't have a purpose! Cuz without oxygen, your body can't survive! And then, there is no need for the red blood cells to carry carbon dioxide, waste, etc! Alrighty then, since we got hemoglobin down, (it's still so much fun to say!) let's talk about plasma. Plasma, or blood plasma to be more specific, is the liquid part of blood. It's 90% water and 10% proteins, minerals, waste, clotting stuff, hormones, and this thing called, omg immunoglobins! YAY MORE FUNNY WORDS! Plasma is also super important. Without it, blood would have no way to travel around the body. Did you know you can actually separate plasma from blood? And it's actually really easy! First, take some blood from a person. Then, put it in this machine called a centrifuge. the heavier blood will go to the bottom and the plasma will go to the top. Plasma is usually a yellow color. OK this is gonna be short. Platelets are the things that clot the blood when you get a cut. They are very important because without them, we would bleed to death from a simple paper cut.


its a little test tube!


 










Now, we're going to talk about giving blood. This is a very nice thing to do. What you do is you go to a blood bank, like the American Red Cross, and you have to answer some questions. This is so people can see if your blood is healthy or not. If it is, you sit in this chair and someone will come and take a pint of your blood. You may feel light headed afterwards so they give you all this free food you can eat! YUM! Next up is blood types. This is the kind of blood you have. There are four major kinds of blood groups. A, B, AB, and O. O+ is the most common and AB- is the least common. You inherit your blood type from your parents. Like my mom and dad are both A+, so, I'm A+. What kind are you?


Last but not least, interesting facts! Click here to see some!

OK that's my Blood Blog! This was so much fun! Bye Bye!
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