erythrocyte
Physiology
Biology
Examples of erythrocyte in the following topics:
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RBC Life Cycle
- Human erythrocytes are produced through a process called erythropoiesis.
- Human erythrocytes are produced through a process called erythropoiesis, developing from committed stem cells to mature erythrocytes in about seven days.
- Erythropoiesis is the process in which new erythrocytes are produced, which takes about seven days.
- Shown on the left, the erythrocyte, or red blood cell, has a round, donut-like shape.
- Outline the life cycle of erythrocytes (red blood cells, or RBCs)
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Components of Blood
- The cellular components of blood are erythrocytes (red blood cells, or RBCs), leukocytes (white blood cells, or WBCs), and thrombocytes (platelets).
- Erythrocytes are discs measuring about seven to eight micrometers in diameter.
- From left to right, a diagram of an erythrocyte, thrombocyte, and leukocyte.
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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.
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RBC Anatomy
- Human erythrocytes or red blood cells (RBCs) are the primary cellular component of blood.
- Diagram the anatomy of an erythrocyte (red blood cell, or RBC)
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Development of Blood and Blood Vessels
- Hematopoietic stem cells can of course undergo self-renewal, and are multipotent cells that give rise to erythrocytes (red blood cells), megakaryocytes/platelets, mast cells, T-lymphocytes, B-lymphocytes, dendritic cells, natural killer cells, monocyte/macrophage, and granulocytes.
- This creates a formation in which early erythrocytes are enveloped by angioblasts, and together they give rise to mature ECs.
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Babesiosis
- The life cycle of Babesia parasites is characterized by their ability to undergo reproduction in the erythrocytes.
- The sporozoites enter the erythrocytes and undergo asexual reproduction as previously mentioned.
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Agglutination Reactions
- Hemagglutination uses erythrocytes as the biological carriers of bacterial antigens, and purified polysaccharides or proteins for determining the presence of corresponding antibodies in a specimen .
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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.
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Growth Factors
- The majority of growth factors shown above are cytokines such as GM-CSF, however the hormone EPO secreted by the kidney plays a key role in erythrocyte (red blood cell) proliferation.
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Characteristics of Mammals
- As for blood, mammalian erythrocytes (red blood cells) do not have nuclei, whereas the erythrocytes of other vertebrates are nucleated.