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red blood cells carry oxygen around the body and provide us with the oxygen then

say the red blood cell is O the circumference is blood and the empty area in the middle is oxygen

they last for i think about 3 months then die then go to the liver and get neutralised and the liver makes another.

so red blood cells are critical for life

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