obsolete_blood true James Malone MA:0000059 BTO:0000089 Jie Zheng true MAT:0000083 NCIt:C12434 A liquid tissue; its major function is to transport oxygen throughout the body. It also supplies the tissues with nutrients, removes waste products, and contains various components of the immune system defending the body against infection. Several hormones also travel in the blood. 1: The fluid that circulates in the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins of a vertebrate animal carrying nourishment and oxygen to and bringing away waste products from all parts of the body.n2: A comparable fluid of an invertebrate. 2.38 Peripheral Blood TAO:0009044 whole blood Reticuloendothelial System, Blood Tomasz Adamusiak Use http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000178 label: blood SAEL:8 PBMCs http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000178 A cell found predominately in the blood. MO:409 PBMC