Medical Definition of sphincter of Oddi. : a complex sphincter closing the duodenal orifice of the common bile duct.
Human blood is made of plasma (makes up 54.3% of the blood volume) and several kinds of cells (corpuscles); these are 1  â. erythrocytes (RBC) â 45% of blood by volume. 2  leukocytes (WBC) â 0.7% of blood by volume. 3  thrombocytes (platelets) â minute amounts.
Human blood is composed of two essential elements: the liquid consisting of water, organic matter and minerals in the solid soluble and consists of cellular elements (red cells, white cells and platelets). In case the blood harvested from the patient's vein is placed in a test tube coagulates after a few minutes.