Review of Medical Physiology - William F. Ganong 2002

Circulation
Body Fluids
Blood

The cellular elements of Blood—leukocytes, erythrocytes, and platelets—are suspended in plasma. Under normal conditions, the total circulating blood volume accounts for 8% of body weight (5,600 mL in a 70 kg male). Approximately 55% of this volume is plasma.



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