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Red blood cells (erythrocytes) travel around the body constantly, they deliver oxygen and remove waste from body tissues, without them the body would not be able to survive.

Red blood cells need to be tiny in size so that they can squeeze through the microscopic capillaries, ensuring that every cell in the body is oxygenated.

There are therefore approximately 5 million red blood cells per cubic millimetre of blood which means that the entire body contains approximately 25 trillion red blood cells!

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