Questions: What are the formed elements?
Multiple Choice
Sodium and potassium
Bone marrow and the thymus
Blood cells and platelets
Blood and lymph
Transcript text: What are the formed elements?
Multiple Choice
Sodium and potassium
Bone marrow and the thymus
Blood cells and platelets
Blood and lymph
Solution
The answer is the third one: blood cells and platelets.
Explanation for each option:
Sodium and potassium: These are electrolytes, not formed elements. They are essential for various bodily functions but do not constitute the formed elements in blood.
Bone marrow and the thymus: These are organs involved in the production and maturation of blood cells, but they themselves are not formed elements.
Blood cells and platelets: This is correct. Formed elements in the blood include red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets (thrombocytes).
Blood and lymph: These are types of body fluids. Blood contains formed elements, but lymph does not.
Summary:
The formed elements are blood cells and platelets.