The blood stream can carry a larger amount of oxygen than what is able to dissolve in blood plasma. How does the blood accomplish this? Red blood cells contain haemoglobin

molecules which bind extra oxygen molecules, thereby removing them from the plasma. Platelets bind the extra oxygen molecules to remove them from the bloodplasma. There are carrier proteins in the blood plasma which bind the oxygen molecules,effectively reducing their partial pressure in the plasma. White blood cells can phagocytize oxygen molecules and carry them to thetissues in membrane-bound vesicles