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What are tiny biconcave disks that carry oxygen called?

Erythrocytes, more commonly known as red blood cells.


What appear as biconcave disks with edges?

Red blood cells have a circular biconcave shape to increase surface area to volume ratio for faster absorption of oxygen in the bloodstream.


Which cells are shaped like pinched disks?

Red blood cells are typically shaped like pinched disks, also known as biconcave discs. This unique shape allows them to carry oxygen efficiently through the bloodstream.


What shape best describes a red blood cell?

A red blood cell is disc-shaped with a thin center and thicker edges, resembling a biconcave disc. This shape allows for flexibility and more surface area for oxygen exchange.


What is the normal shape of the red blood cells?

Normal blood red cells are biconcave disks, approx. oval.


What are concave disks with a squashed in center that transport oxygen and carry away some carbon dioxide?

the Hemoglobin is a molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen and carbon dioxide


What are concave disks with a squashed-in center. they transport oxygen and carry away some carbon dioxide?

the Hemoglobin is a molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen and carbon dioxide


What appear as biconcave disks with edges that are thicker than the center of the cell looking somewhat doughnut shaped. They do not have a nucleus and are simple in structure?

These cells are red blood cells, also known as erythrocytes. Their biconcave shape allows for increased surface area for oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange. Red blood cells lack a nucleus to make more room for hemoglobin, the protein responsible for carrying oxygen.


What shapes would most benefit red blood cells considering that RBCs are responsible for carrying oxygen from the lungs to all the various body tissues?

Overall, mammalian red blood cells are remarkably flexible and deformable so as to squeeze through tiny capillaries, as well as to maximize their apposing surface by assuming a cigar shape (called a stack), where they efficiently release their oxygen load. Red blood cells are deformable, flexible, are able to adhere to other cells, and are able to interface with immune cells. In humans, mature red blood cells are flexible and oval biconcave disks which gives them the ability to get through the tiniest capillaries. The red blood cells of mammals are typically shaped as biconcave disks: flattened and depressed in the center, with a dumbbell-shaped cross section, and a torus-shaped rim on the edge of the disk. This distinctive biconcave shape optimizes the flow properties of blood in the large vessels.


The vertical stacks of disks are called?

GRANA is the answer to:vertical stacks of disks are called


How do use red blood cells in a sentence?

Red blood cells, which look like little disks , carry oxygen from the lungs to all body parts.


How does the structure of the red blood cell relate to its function?

Shape (biconcave disks) - increases surface area, enhancing rate of diffusion of oxygen across their plasma membranesLack nuclei - leaves more space for hemoglobin (the protein that transports oxygen)Lack mitochondria (therefore anaerobic metabolsim) - more efficient as none of the oxygen that the cell is transporting is consumed by the cell(Source: Biology, 8th Edition, Campbell and Reece, Pearson International Edition, pg.912)