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Name the following:

The process of WBCs squeezing out through the walls of the blood capillaries.

The process of WBCs squeezing out through the walls of the blood capillaries is called diapedesis.

Explanation: Most WBC’s are amoeboid in nature and can produce pseudopodia with which they can squeeze out of the walls of the capillaries into the tissue known as diapedesis.


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The respiratory pigment contained in RBCs.

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Name the following:

Any two organelles absent in mature RBCs.

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Mention the following:

(i) Average life span of RBCs.


(ii) Range if RBCs per mm3 in a normal adult human female.


(iii) The two major categories of WBCs.


(iv) Blood cells involved in leukemia.

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State which of the following statements are True.

(i) The process of coagulation starts with the release of a substance from RBCs.


(ii) Blood fails to clot readily in the case of deficiency of calcium.


(iii) The solid fibrin and thrombin are one and the same thing.


(iv) The clear liquid that oozes out after the formation of a clot is serum.