what is the difference betweem serum and plasma?
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serum is plasma(minus)fibrinogen\nplasma is colorless fluid part of blood,lymph
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Well, a unit of whole blood donated at a place like Carter or the Red Cross will usually be divided into its parts.  The plasma part is either used for as fresh frozen plasma to increase blood volume, or treat bleeding disorders.  It can also be used to make cryoprecipitate - also to treat bleeding disorders.\n\nMany reagents and controls used in laboratories are made from human plasma, like for Coagulation, blood bank (anti-A, anti-B, anti A,B, anti-D, etc. . . )
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Its like getting your blood removed... Plasma=whole blood - blood cells. Plasma gives volume to blood, makes it fluid and allows blood cells to circulate (among other numerous functions). Loss of body liquids thickens blood by lowering the volume of plasma (which consists primarily of water), and thats how people die from dehydration... or vampire bites ;)
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Are you asking what  the Plasma part of Blood is used for?
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No organ produces Blood Plasma, it is a product of several organs or one could say the body.  It consists of (mostly) water, salts(electrolytes), and proteins (albumin and antibodies being the majority).  All the water, salts, and proteins ultimately are derived from the GI tract; i.e., what you eat.  The water and salts are regulated by the renal system.  Albumin is produced by the liver (and it is in the majority for plasma protein) and antibodies are a product of the immune system.  There is also a balance of proteins and water within the vasculature (intravascular space)and without (extravascular space).  So, there is always an influx/efflux balance between your tissues and the vasculature depending on the osmostic pressure (mostly) and mechanical pressure.  This is all in one giant balance or homeostasis most of the time.  Hence, why it's a good idea to see plasma as a total body product.\n\nI just read the above answers.  Plasma is NOT produced in the bone marrow.  Blood cells are produced in the marrow.  Plasma is what you have left over when you remove those cells.
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apolipoproteins\n\nLipids (triglyceride (TG), cholesterol (Chol), phospholipids (PL), cholesteryl esters (CE)) are insoluble in plasma. These lipids combine with special proteins called apoproteins - apolipoproteins - to form lipoproteins and this process solubilises lipids in plasma. Therefore, the lipoproteins provide a transport system for lipids. Apoproteins are important not only in maintaining the structural integrity of lipoproteins and thereby facilitating the solubilisation of lipids, but they also play an important role in lipoprotein receptor recognition and regulation of certain enzymes in lipoprotein metabolism.
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In physiology, the term serous fluid is used for various bodily fluids that are typically pale yellow and transparent, and of a benign nature.\nSaliva consists of mucus and serous fluid; the serous fluid contains the enzyme amylase important for the digestion of carbohydrates.\nAnother type of serous fluid is secreted by the serous membranes (or serosa), two layered membranes which line the body cavities. The serous fluid between the two layers acts as a lubricant and reduces friction from muscle movement.\nBlood plasma is the liquid component of blood, in which the blood cells are suspended. Plasma is the largest single component of blood, making up about 55% of total blood volume. Serum refers to blood plasma in which clotting factors (such as fibrin) have been removed. Blood plasma contains many vital proteins including fibrinogen, globulins and human serum albumin.
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Saliva helps to masticate food and adds fluid so swallowing is easier.  It contains amylase which begins assisting in chemical break down of starches.\n\nOur body, serum has a pH of 7.40 +/- 0.02.  Only under extreme circumstances would our body pH deviate beyond the variance above.  Eating would not change it.  \n\nSwallowing a whole bottle of aspirin might, though (aspirin is an acid).  The kidneys and our respiration system would work very hard to get it back to normal as soon as possible.
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Vipress is correct.\n\nHuman Serum Albumin (HSA) is the main factor keeping fluid inside capillaries, and stopping too much fluid passing across the thin capillary endothelium, into tissues.  It does this by its osmotic effect; it forms complexes with water, as well as with many other compounds in blood etc.  A damaged liver is less able to make HSA, and so there is insufficient HSA in blood, and oedema results.\n\nFluid may then accumulate in the peritoneal cavity, resulting in ascites.
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The solute is the substance which is least fluid, usually a powder or, say, the actual blood cells. The solvent is the lower viscosity medium in which the solute is mixed, for example plasma is the solvent in blood, where the blood cells are the solute. The total combination (blood) is called the solution.\n\nNot sure if you were looking for the explanation of the definitions or not.
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I've donated plasma about 100+ times so I believe it's perfectly safe. Only stopped for medical reasons not related to my blood. Had been donating every fortnight for quite a period.\n\nBecause the blood volume is reduced it takes less to get drunk afterwards. Also your body is trying to replace the plasma without the stress of handling the alcohol.
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Plasma is anticoagulated, so it contains fibrinogen and unactivated clotting factors.\n\nSerum is collected without anticoagulant, so clotting factors are activated, and fibrin is formed, which settles with the cells.
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Well, their both right.  There's nothing in plasma that yo can see, unless you're looking through a scanning electron microscope.  Then you'd see the proteins. But with just a regular light microscope, you'd see light.  \nbauerspam takes it by a hair.
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There are two things to consider:\n\n  In a blood transfusion, they don't always give you all the components of blood (the red blood cells, the platelets, the plasma, etc.).  In a normal transfusion, the person ONLY gets red blood cells and the plasma.  Neither of these has DNA...  Red blood cells do not have have a nucleus at all; that is why your body is constantly making new ones (and why you can keep giving blood without eventually "running out").  The plasma is just "fluid", so there's no nucleus there, either.  So, just getting a normal transfusion will not expose you to DNA.\n  Second, IF DNA somehow got in, I don't think there would be enough of it to cause any problem.  It would only be a small amount (because blood is largely plasma and cells) and, so, any DNA would not be common and, thus, probably easily handled by your body's defense system.  \n  Besides, DNA would only be a problem if it was in a cell where it can be translated and transcribed into gene products (proteins, etc.).  If it was just "floating around" in your blood, product wouldn't be made from it.  Also, the DNA would probably degrade fairly quickly.  DNA is sturdy, but blood has plenty of enzymes and different pHs that would most likely damage the DNA in some way.\n  So, that's my answer.  the second part was a little bit speculation, but I believe I'm right (I KNOW I'm right about the first part).
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A substance is said to be in plasma state when its temperature is high enough to break down the molecular bonds and even free the electron/nuclear bond. Substances are HIGHLY excited in this state, and lose most of their common attributes.  The substances become unrecognizable.
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sell the plasma from your blood.
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presence of a monoclonal gammopathy in the blood.\n\nProtein antibodies that are identical in the blood.