2006-09-20 08:57:06 · 11 answers · asked by jas 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
It's a suspension.
Plasma is the liquid, while red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets are the suspended substances. You can tell this is the case because, although I seriously recommend you don't use your own blood, if you leave blood to stand in a test tube, the red stuff will fall to the bottom, and you'll be left with a yellowish liquid on the top.
2006-09-20 23:28:53 · answer #1 · answered by Katri-Mills 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Blood is actually both a Colloid and a Suspension mixture.
2016-03-26 23:22:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blood is a colloidal suspension with protein particles in the solution
2006-09-20 09:04:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many things both suspended and dissolved in blood. Cells and larger proteins are suspended, while ions, sugars and other small molecules are properly dissolved, so it's both a suspension and a solution, and as all body fluids are examples of colloid systems, then blood can be considered to be all three. Wonderful stuff, isn't it?!
2006-09-20 09:21:08 · answer #4 · answered by uknative 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Suspensions are homogeneous mixtures with particles that have diameters greater than 1000 nm, 0.000001 meter. The size of the particles is great enough so they are visible to the naked eye. Blood and aerosol sprays are examples of suspensions.
Suspensions are "murky" or "opaque". They do not transmit light. Suspensions separate on standing. The mixture of particles can be separated by filtration.
2006-09-20 21:32:40 · answer #5 · answered by zanzabarr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
suspension--The blood cells are floating around in plasma which wouldn't really go anywhere if it weren't for the constant pumping of the heart. The cells would 'settle' in the body as you would expect to see in a suspension.
2006-09-20 09:05:04 · answer #6 · answered by mranswerguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
suspension - because if you leave it in a pot to settle out it will form a sediment at the bottom containing the solid cells, and a liquid at the top, being either plasma or serum depending on whether or not it has clotted.
2006-09-20 12:07:47 · answer #7 · answered by myfairladyisasleep 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blood is a highly specialised tissue suspended in a clear fluid called plasma.
2006-09-20 09:02:30 · answer #8 · answered by tucksie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a suspension, because of the size of its cells.
2006-09-20 09:06:24 · answer #9 · answered by birausp 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would guess it's all three.
2006-09-20 09:00:05 · answer #10 · answered by rainfingers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋