blood volume

noun

We know today that blood volume is about one-fifteenth to one-seventeenth the body weight of an adult.

If blood loss is great (more than 10 percent of the total blood volume) there occurs a sudden, systemic fall in blood pressure.

A greater blood volume is therefore necessary in order that the organs may receive their quota of blood.

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