Plasma carries nutrients, hormones, and proteins to tissues and removes waste products from tissues. It is composed of about 90% water and 10% ions, proteins, dissolved gases, nutrients, and wastes. The proteins in plasma include antibodies, coagulation factors, albumin, and fibrinogen which maintain osmotic pressure. Plasma transports blood cells through vessels and its components like clotting factors can be used to treat disorders.

1. COMPOSITION OF PLASMA
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5. What Does Plasma Do?
• Plasma is designed to carry nutrients, hormones, and proteins to the different parts
of the body. It also carries away the waste products of cell metabolism from
various tissues to the organs responsible for detoxifying and/or excreting them. In
addition, plasma is the vehicle for the transport of the blood cells through the
blood vessels.

6. Plasma Components
• Plasma contains about 90 percent water, with 10 percent being made up of ions,
proteins, dissolved gases, nutrient molecules, and wastes.
• The proteins in plasma include the antibody proteins, coagulation factors, and the
proteins albumin and fibrinogen which maintain serum osmotic pressure.
• Each of these can be separated using different techniques so that they form various
blood products, which are used to treat different conditions. For instance, clotting
factors are used to treat coagulation disorders like hemophilia or disseminated
intravascular coagulation.

7. Specific Components
• Plasma Proteins
• Albumin
• Globulins
• Fibrinogen
• Clotting Factors and Inhibitors

8. Other Plasma Components
• Proteins
• Electrolytes
• Amino acids
• Nitrogenous compounds
• Nutrients
• Dissolved gases

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