Red Blood Cells Flashcards

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erythrocyte

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red blood cell

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adaptation: small +biconcave disc

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  • large SA:V
  • oxygen can diffuse efficiently
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adaptation: flexibility

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  • well developed cytoskeleton
  • can twist and turn and travel through very narrow capillaries
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adaptation: no organelles

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  • lose organelles at differentiation
  • no nucleus, mitochondria, ERk little cytopplasm
  • maximises space for haemoglobin
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