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What are the three types of blood cells?
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Erythrocytes
Leukocytes Thrombocytes(platelets) |
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Erythrocytes
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-99% of blood cells are erythrocytes.
-small biconcave disks -easily deformed so they can fit through capillaries. -average life span is 120 days. |
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Biliverdin
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-greenish pigment
- some are broken down into bilirubin. -biliverdin & bilirubin are excreted in bile as bile pigments. |
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Erythrocyte production
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Hemacytoblasts-- erythroblast ---- Reticulocyte--- erythroctye
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Dietary factors affecting erythrocyte production?
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B12, iron, Folic Acid
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Leukocytes
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-Fight infections
- use blood for trandportation -most do work outside the circulatory system. |
