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What is Connective Tissue? Connective Tissue Functions

Filed under: Biology on 2022-07-28 17:57:57
Connective tissue is found in between other tissues everywhere in the body, including the nervous system. It develops from the mesoderm.Functions:1) Wraps around and cushions and protects organs2) Stores nutrients3) Internal support for organs4) As tendon and ligaments protects joints and attac

What is Blood corpuscles?

Filed under: Biology on 2022-07-13 19:17:17
This is the remaining 40% part of the blood. This is divided into three parts - 1. Red Blood Corpuscles (RBC)2. White Blood Corpuscles (WBC) or Leucocytes 3. Blood Platelets or Thrombocytes

What is Blood Platelets or Thrombocytes

Filed under: Biology on 2022-07-13 19:16:11
Its formation takes place in Bone marrow.Its life span is from 3 to 5 days.It is found only in the blood of human and other mammals.In dengue fever number of platelets reduced.Its main function is to help in clotting of blood.It dies in the spleen.There is no nucleus in it.

What is White Blood Corpuscles (WBC) or Leucocytes

Filed under: Biology on 2022-07-13 19:15:01
Its shape is similar to Amoeba.Its life span is from 2 to 4 days.Nucleus is present in the White Blood Corpuscles.Its formation takes place in Bone marrow, lymph node and sometimes in liver and spleen.Its main function is to protect the body from the disease.About 60 to 70% part of WBC is made up of

What is Red Blood Corpuscles (RBC)

Filed under: Biology on 2022-07-13 19:13:07
Red Blood Corpuscles (RBC) of a mammal is biconcave.There is no nucleus in it. Exception - Camel and Lama RBC is formed in Bone marrow. (At the embroynic stage its formation takes place in liver).Its life span is from 20 days to 120 days.Its destruction takes place in liver and spleen. Therefore, li

What is Plasma in Human Blood

Filed under: Biology on 2022-07-13 19:09:33
This is the liquid part of blood. 60% of the blood is plasma.Function of plasma : Transportation of digested food, hormones, exeretory product etc from one part of the body to another part.Serum : When Fibrinogen and protein is extracted out of plasma, the remaining plasma is called serum.

Human blood

Filed under: Biology on 2022-07-13 19:09:04
» Blood is a fluid connective tissue.» The quantity of blood in the human’s body is 7% of the total weight.» This is a dissolution of base whose pH value is 7.4.» There is an average of 5 – 6 litters of blood in human body.» Female contains half liter of blood less is in comparison to male.

Disease and symptoms

Filed under: Biology on 2021-06-05 13:51:56
Asthma:
The spores of the fungi, namely Aspergillus fumigates reaches the lungs of the human and constitutes a net like formation, thus, obstructs the function of lungs.
This is a infection disease.

Athlete’s foot:
This disease is caused by the fungi namely 

Tenia Pedes.
This is a infect

Diarrhoea disease its cause and symptoms

Filed under: Biology on 2021-06-05 13:49:07
Diarrhoea:

The reason of this disease is the presence of internal protozoa namely Entamoeba histolytica which is passed through house flies.

It causes wounds in the intestine. Protein digesting enzyme, trypsin is destroyed in this.

This disease is mostly found in children. Disease caused by