The mixture of plasma and blood cells is called:
A) packed blood.
B) serum.
C) transfusion.
D) whole blood.
D) whole blood.
Whole blood is the mixture of plasma and blood cells. Packed blood is blood
without the plasma. Serum is plasma with the fibrinogen inactivated or removed. A transfusion is
the artificial transfer of blood into the bloodstream.
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