Red Blood Cells Flashcards by Thalia Al-Madfai | Brainscape

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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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