Red blood cell
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red-blood-cell-179-2624616
title:
Red blood cell
text:
Red blood cells (RBCs), referred to as erythrocytes in academia and medical publishing, also known as red cells, erythroid cells, and rarely haematids, are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate's principal means of delivering oxygen (O2) to the body tissues—via blood flow through the circulatory system. Erythrocytes take up oxygen in the lungs, or in fish the gills, and release it into tissues while squeezing through the body's capillaries. The cytoplasm of a red blood cell is ri
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encyclopedia
description:
Oxygen-delivering blood cell and the most common type of blood cell
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_blood_cell
date created:
2002-08-03T06:54:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T19:31:26Z
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