Medical Definition of sphincter of Oddi. : a complex sphincter closing the duodenal orifice of the common bile duct.
Human blood is made of plasma (makes up 54.3% of the blood volume) and several kinds of cells (corpuscles); these are 1  â. erythrocytes (RBC) â 45% of blood by volume. 2  leukocytes (WBC) â 0.7% of blood by volume. 3  thrombocytes (platelets) â minute amounts.
Blood is a fluid that flows through the body. It is thicker than water and is salty to taste. There are about 10.6 pints of blood that circulates through the body of a normal adult. Blood is made up of cells in a watery base, called plasma. There are three major types of cells blood made up of â red blood cells (RBCs), while blood cells (WBCs) and platelets.