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    What is the correct name for red blood cells?

    Question #95782. Asked by armindasantana. (May 18 08 5:24 AM)


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    		A red blood cell is sometimes simply referred to as a red cell. It is also called an erythrocyte or, rarely today, a red blood corpuscle.

    Red cells contain hemoglobin and it is the hemoglobin which permits them to transport oxygen (and carbon dioxide). Hemoglobin, aside from being a transport molecule, is a pigment. It gives the cell its red color (and name).

    The mature red blood cell (RBC) is a non-nucleated biconcave disk. Thanks to this unusual shape and its hemoglobin content, the RBC is superbly suited to the transport of oxygen.

    http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=15489

    May 18 08, 5:28 AM

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