A sensor including an insulating base plate; an electrode system, provided on
the
base plate, having a measuring electrode and a counter electrode; a reaction layer
including at least an oxidoreductase and an electron mediator; a sample solution
supply pathway including the electrode system and the reaction layer; and a sample
supply unit, wherein the sensor is so structured that, between the sample supply
unit and the sample solution supply pathway, there is provided a filter having
a function to filter out hemocytes and having a cross-sectional area larger than
an opening of the sample solution supply pathway, and that plasma of a blood with
hemocytes thereof having been filtered out is sucked into the inside of the sample
solution supply pathway owing to capillary phenomena.