erythrocyte

Examples of erythrocyte in the following topics:

• Connective Tissues: Bone, Adipose, and Blood

  • The living cell types are red blood cells, also called erythrocytes, and white blood cells, also called leukocytes .
  • The cell found in greatest abundance in blood is the erythrocyte, responsible for transporting oxygen to body tissues.
  • Erythrocytes are consistently the same size in a species, but vary in size between species.
  • The principal job of an erythrocyte is to carry and deliver oxygen to the tissues.
  • Erythrocytes (red blood cells), the predominant cell type, are involved in the transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide.

• Plasma and Serum

  • The liquid components of blood called plasma (yellow section) can be separated from the erythrocytes (red section) and platelets (white section) by using a centrifuging or spinning the blood.

• Red Blood Cells

  • Red blood cells, or erythrocytes (erythro- = "red"; -cyte = "cell"), specialized cells that circulate through the body delivering oxygen to other cells, are formed from stem cells in the bone marrow.
  • In mammals, the lack of organelles in erythrocytes leaves more room for the hemoglobin molecules.

• Characteristics of Mammals

  • As for blood, mammalian erythrocytes (red blood cells) do not have nuclei, whereas the erythrocytes of other vertebrates are nucleated.

• Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes and Mucosal Surfaces

  • Lymph, the watery fluid that bathes tissues and organs, contains protective white blood cells, but does not contain erythrocytes (red blood cells).

• Transport of Oxygen in the Blood

  • Hemoglobin, or Hb, is a protein molecule found in red blood cells (erythrocytes) made of four subunits: two alpha subunits and two beta subunits .