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Answer: c. Blood is composed of the formed elements and plasma. Plasma is the liquid portion of blood. The formed elements consist of the cells and cell fragments. The erythrocytes (red blood cells), platelets, and leukocytes (white blood cells) are all considered formed elements.eutrophil. d. Monocytes. e. Eosinophils. Answer: b. Basophils are the least abundant leukocyte. Leukocytes are the white blood cells. The order of frequency of the leukocytes is: neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte, eosinophil, basophil.
Three types of formed elements are present in blood. The most numerous are the erythrocyes, or red blood cells (RBCs) , which are literally sacs of hemoglobin molecules that transport the bulk of the oxygen carried in the blood (and a small percentage of the carbon dioxide).bserve the cell types from a blood smear from figure 9.4. Read the descriptions of cell types, and find each one on on the blood cell type image. Use the link to the blood cell type image to help as a tutorial. Sketch each of the formed elements of blood and label.