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Artificial Blood Whole Blood is a living tissue that circulates through the heart, arteries, veins and capillaries carrying nourishment, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat and oxygen to the body's tissues. Whole blood contains red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets suspended in a fluid called plasma. Red blood cells make up the large percentage of components in whole blood. For every droplet of blood, one billion red blood cells can be found. Red blood cells, platelets and white blood cells are found in the ratio of about 600:40:1. Red blood cells contain haemoglobin that binds with oxygen in the lungs and is then dissociated to respiring cells. At the same time, carbon dioxide is basically diffused into the red blood cells, although some diffuses into the plasma, and is then taken back to the lungs for expulsion. Platelets are very small cellular components of blood that aid the clotting process. When a...

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