Albumin
* acts as a sponge to hold water in the blood vessels
  - like a sponge to keep water in the blood vessels
* also transports various blood components and nutrients.
* are a group of amino acids in milk which also provide nutrients
  - globular proteins
* are the predominant protein group present in blood plasma
  - smallest and most abundant of the plasma proteins
* blood protein of immense importance to good health
  - produced by the liver
* carry fatty acids and other small hydrophobic molecules from tissue to tissue.
* component of the all the protein excreted in the urine
  - cell wall and is distributed throughout the rice
* decreases as cancer progresses
  - in burns, liver disease, renal disease, pre-eclampsia, stress and sepsis
* facilitates zinc acquisition by endothelial cells.
* fluctuates so widely because it is very sensitive to changes in hydration of the body.
* helps create blood's high viscosity
  - maintain the body's fluid balance by keeping water in the blood
* is also important in the blood transport of many drugs, hormones, and other chemicals.
* is an abundant protein in the body produced in the liver from amino acids
  - egg by-product
  - excellent measure of protein status
  - considered by physicians to be a safe and superior product to hetastarch
  - found in blood serum
  - made in different strengths and different sizes
* is one of the best indices of nutritional status as it relates to outcome
  - major plasma proteins
  - many proteins found in plasma
  - particularly useful in absorbing bodily fluid into the blood
  - present as the main contaminant
* is synthesized by the liver and secreted into the blood
  - the largest protein fraction in avian serum
* is the major binding protein
  - blood protein made by the liver
* is the major protein in blood plasma
  - present within the blood
  - naturally occurring colloid and is still widely used
  - preferred source of the protein, but non-plasma sources of protein can be used
  - protein of the highest concentration in plasma
  - useful as a plasma expander
* major blood protein, produced by the liver
  - carrier protein
  - protein produced by the liver
* makes up a large portion of the volume that leaks into the peritoneal space.
* nonspecific indicator of liver dysfunction.
* protein made in the liver
  - manufactured by the liver
  - that is present in high concentrations in the blood
  - that's produced in the liver and circulates in the blood
  - which is made by the liver and circulates in the blood
* reduces basement membrane hydraulic conductance in part due to arginyl side groups
  - part due to arginyl sidegroups
* serves to increase the osmotic pressure of blood.
* simple protein
  * ' is the name for a number of proteins that can be dissolved in water. Albumin is found in blood serum. Albumin is also found in egg white. The albumin index is used to measure the freshness of an egg. It measures how far an egg spreads if broken on a flat smooth surface. The older an egg is, the further it spreads.
* type of protein found in body tissues and fluids.
* very abundant and natural protein in the blood
  - long-lived natural protein in the blood
* water-soluble protein made by the liver that is one of the main constituents of blood.