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Red blood cells are concaved (dented) to increase surface area. Their shape also allows them to bend and squeeze into and through those tiny little capillary blood vessels.
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Describe a red Blood cell?
If someone asked you to describe a red blood cell, the first thing you should tell them is that red blood cells do not have a nucleus. Red blood cells are elastic. They are normally the shape of a disc, but can be squeezed into a bell shape.
What are red blood cell shaped like?
Well, it's red from hemoglobin inside the cells. It looks like a circle with a dent in the middle, sort of like a donut.
What are the the cells that carry oxygen?
Red blood cells contain hemoglobin. These cells are also known as erythrocytes.
What blood cells contain haemoglobin?
Red blood cells because that is what carries oxygen throughout the body
What cell transports oxygen?
red blood cells
What is the major difference between red blood cells and white blood cells?
Red blood cells contain hemoglobin, but white blood cells do not
Does every part of the body have red blood cells?
As the name says, red blood cells are found in the blood. If there is blood there, there is red blood cells.
How red blood cells get replaced?
The old red blood cells get replaced by the newly formed red blood cells.
What cells are in the bloodstream?
Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and liquid plasma.Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and liquid plasma.
What is the blood cell containing hemoglobin?
Red blood cells (also called erythrocytes)
What is the difference between white blood cells and red blood cells?
White blood cells have a nucleus and red blood cells don't.
What is the type of marrow that are the most blood cells produced?
Red and white blood cells.
