Erythrocytes (Red Blood Cells)
- specialized for oxygen transport
- mature erythrocytes have no nucleus instead these disk - shaped cells are packed with the respiratory pigment Hemoglobin
*Hemoglobin is an iron containing molecule that binds with oxygen
erythrocytes
Erythrocytes are cells that contain hemoglobin. These are commonly known as red blood cells.
Red Blood Cells (erythrocytes) contain haemoglobin.
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Erythrocytes are also known as red blood cells. The spleen is an organ that contains erythrocytes. The erythrocytes contain hemoglobin that transports oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the tissues all around the body.
Erythrocytes, or red blood cells, do not contain a nucleus and therefore do not contain DNA. Since DNA fingerprinting relies on analyzing the unique genetic information found within the nucleus of cells, erythrocytes are not suitable for this purpose. Other cell types like white blood cells are typically used in DNA fingerprinting because they contain a nucleus with DNA.
Mammalian erythrocytes laks a nucleus.Almost every other cell have a nucleus.
Erythrocytes are larger than leukocytes. Erythrocytes have no nucleus while leukocytes have nucleus. Leukocytes remove and/ or destroys things that are considered "abnormal" in the body while erythrocytes carry oxygen to all body cells. Leukocytes are large round cells that do not contain hemoglobin while erythrocytes contain hemoglobin, are shaped as biconcave disks that bend, flex travel through narrow blood vessels and have a large surface to volume ratio. Erythrocytes and leukocytes are both classified as formed elements (lower layer). They both are main components of the body are necessary for the body to function properly.
Red blood cells (also called erythrocytes)
Red blood cells contain hemoglobin. These cells are also known as erythrocytes.
Red blood cells, or erythrocytes, contain no nucleus.
Erythrocytes, or red blood cells, are specialized for transporting oxygen in the body. They contain hemoglobin, a protein that binds to oxygen in the lungs and releases it to tissues throughout the body.