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Cells > Blood Cells > Erythrocytes
Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Blood > Blood Cells > Erythrocytes
Hemic and Immune Systems > Blood > Blood Cells > Erythrocytes
Cells > Erythroid Cells > Erythrocytes

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Erythrocytes  

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Entry terms

  • Blood Cell, Red
  • Blood Cells, Red
  • Blood Corpuscle, Red
  • Blood Corpuscles, Red
  • Red Blood Cell
  • Red Blood Cells
  • Red Blood Corpuscle
  • Red Blood Corpuscles

Note

  • vertebrates only; for invertebrates index under HEMOCYTES; /cytol: consider also ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; do not equate /pathol with ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; erythrocyte antibodies: index BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS /immunol + ISOANTIBODIES & do not index under ERYTHROCYTES

Scope note

  • Red blood cells. Mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing HEMOGLOBIN whose function is to transport OXYGEN.

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