Reticulocyte
Red blood cells, also known as erythrocytes, are anucleate cells that transport oxygen to the body's cells. They contain hemoglobin, a protein that binds to oxygen in the lungs and releases it in tissues where it is needed.
Anucleate means without a nucleus. Red blood cells are called anucleate because they don't have any nuclei.
Erythrocytes, or red blood cells, in mammals lack a nucleus to make more space for hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen. This allows the cells to efficiently transport oxygen throughout the body. Additionally, lacking a nucleus allows erythrocytes to have a biconcave shape, which increases their surface area for oxygen exchange.
Anucleate means lacking a cell nucleus. Cells that are anucleate may contain other organelles but they do not have a nucleus, which is where genetic material is typically located. Examples of anucleate cells include red blood cells and platelets.
erythropoiesis; erythr/o - blood; -posiesis - formation
platelets.
red blood cells are also called erythrocytes
Red Blood Cell
anucleate
Erythrocytes, or red blood corpuscles, are indeed enucleate . . . that is, have no nuclei. They need the room for all the hemoglobin that they can carry. It also means that they can only live for about 120 days.
erythrocytes
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