the largest artery is the aorta and it says thick as a garden hose while the tiny capello affinity than a human head. they form a kind of transport network. and blood is the body's delivery service it supplies the cells with everything they need like sugar ion fat oxygen and whole moans. blood flows through the arteries at speeds of up to 2 meters a 2nd. and on its way back to the heart it brings waste products from the body's cells like c o 2 and urea. more than half the blood is made up a plasma which is mostly water. some of the bloods components are made inside the bones. they yellow marrow contains he made a attic tissue where billions of new blood cells are produced every day the different types of blood cells start off a stem cells through a process called cell differentiation they become white blood cells platelets and red blood cells and they all have completely different jobs. blood platelets prepare the wounds white blood cells search the body for dangerous viruses bacteria and toxins certain white cells called plasma cells produce up to 2003 bodies a 2nd they target foreign