What Does
Plasma Mean?
Plasma has several uses or definitions. Plasma is included as one of the four states of matter, which also includes solids, liquids and gases. It is also the name of the colourless, liquid component of blood, lymph or milk, which contains suspended globules or corpuscles of fat. This is to be distinguished from the solid, suspended component.
Safeopedia Explains Plasma
When dealing with blood fractions, plasma is the largest component of blood and makes up roughly half of the volume of blood as a whole. It is a complex mixture of over 700 proteins and other useful substances, which are critical to the smooth running of our bodies. Blood in it’s entirety has four main components that includes plasma, which has suspended in it white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets.