Everything you didn't know about blood and you should know

You may be afraid or disgusted, but the blood is a fundamental part of human life .It runs throughout our body and is even associated with many aspects of our genetic and cultural heritage.some interesting facts about blood.

5 fascinating facts about blood

1.Not all blood is red

The Blood is the life-giving fluid that carries oxygen to the body's cells.It is a specialized type of connective tissue that consists of red blood cells, platelets and white blood cells suspended in a liquid plasma matrix.

While humans have red blood, other organisms have blood of different colors .Crustaceans, spiders, squid, octopus and some arthropods have blue blood.Some types of worms and leeches have green blood.

The color of the blood is determined by the type of respiratory pigment used for t transport oxygen through the circulatory system to cells.The respiratory pigment in humans is a protein called hemoglobin found in red blood cells.

2. The human body contains about one gallon of blood

The adult human body contains approximately 1,325 gallons of blood .Blood constitutes about 7%-8% of the a person's total body weight.

Everything you didn't know about blood and you should know

3.White blood cells are necessary for pregnancy

It is well known that white blood cells are important for a healthy immune system, which is less It is known that certain white blood cells called macrophages are necessary for pregnancy to occur.

Macrophages are common in the tissues of the reproductive system and help in the development of blood vessel networks in the ovary , which is vital for the production of the hormone progesterone.Progesterone plays a critical role in the implantation of an embryo in the uterus.The low number of macrophages results in reduced levels of progesterone and improper implantation of the embryo.

4.There is gold in your blood

Human blood contains atoms of metals such as iron, chromium, manganese, zinc, lead and copper.In addition to these, the blood contains small amounts of gold .The human body has about 0.2 milligrams of gold, which is found mainly in the blood.

5.Blood proteins protect against carbon monoxide poisoning

Carbon monoxide (CO) gas is colorless, odorless, insipid and toxic.It is not only produced by fuel combustion devices, but is also generated as a process byproduct Cellular .

If carbon monoxide occurs naturally during normal cellular functions, why don't organisms get poisoned by it? Because CO is produced in much lower concentrations than those seen in CO poisoning, cells are protected from its toxic effects.

CO joins proteins in the body known as hemoproteins, such as hemoglobin and cytochromes found in mitochondria.When CO binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells, it prevents oxygen from binding to the protein molecule , which causes disorders in vital cellular processes, such as cellular respiration.At low concentrations of CO, hemoproteins change their structure preventing CO from successfully adhering to them.Without this structural change, CO would bind to hemoprotein up to a million times more strongly.

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