Blood carries things you need, like oxygen and glucose, and waste products, such as.. Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells of the body, and transports metabolic waste.
It’s made of plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.. The blood that runs through the veins, arteries, and capillaries is known as whole blood—a mixture of about 55%.