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State the Function: Vitamin K - Biology

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State the Function: Vitamin K

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Helps in clotting of blood.

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Chapter 6: The Circulatory System - State the Function

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ICSE Biology [English] Class 10
Chapter 6 The Circulatory System
State the Function | Q 8

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The liquid connective tissue A circulates in our body continuously without stopping. This tissue contains a pigment B which imparts it a colour C. The tissue A consists of four components D, E, F and G. The component D fights infection and protects us from diseases. The component E helps in the clotting of tissue A if a person gets a cut. The component F is a liquid which consists mainly of water with many substances dissolved in it and component G carries oxygen from the lungs to all the parts of the body.
(a) What is (i) tissue A (ii) pigment B, and (iii) colour C?
(b) Name (i) D (ii) E (iii) F, and (iv) G.
(c) Name one substance (other than oxygen) which is transported by tissue A in the human body.
(d) Which two components of tissue A are the cells without nucleus?
(e) Name any two organisms ( animals) which do not have liquid like A in their body.


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Components of blood


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1. Leukaemia (a) Thrombocytes
2. Platelets (b) Phagocyte
3. Monocytes (c) Decrease in leucocytes
4. Leucopenia (d) Blood Cancer
5. AB blood group (e) Allergic condition
6. O blood group (f) Inflammation
7. Eosinophil (g) Absence of antigen
8. Neutrophils (h) Absence of antibody

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Assertion: RBC plays an important role in the transport of respiratory gases.

Reason: RBC does not have cell organelles and a nucleus.


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