Red Blood Cells Essay

While studying and learning about the blood portion of the cardiovascular system in BIO 211, we learned that major function of this particular system is transportation of oxygen, waste and nutrients throughout the body. However, the specific part of the circulatory system that I would like to focus on are the erythrocytes. The erythrocytes, located in our bloodstream and blood vessels, which have the function of transporting oxygen to all parts of the body when tissues become deoxygenated. The erythrocytes are formed through the process of erythropoiesis that occurs in the red bone marrow within our skeleton. The process being with the formed element precursor cell being hemocytoblasts then matures into a cell that has lost its organelles and nucleus. Finally, it begins to build a lot of hemoglobin and decreases to microscopic size. (OpenStax College 2013). This …show more content…
Putting red blood cells within a hypertonic or a hypotonic solution is bad to our bodies mainly due to the fact that they won’t be able to carry oxygen as efficiently. During the hypotonic process, the cells would soon succumb to cellular lysis which would decrease the amount of red blood cells in the body. During the hypertonic process, the cells would perform crenation which would decrease the affinity of oxygen to the red blood cells. Both of these processes lead can lead to temporary anemic conditions in the body because our tissues would be cut off from receiving oxygen because either the amount of erythrocytes has decreased or they have lost their functionality. I believe that it is good for me to study this topic because I aspire to be a physician assistant for the military. I will be responsible for many families health so it is pertinent that I be able to really diagnosis diabetes accurately to ensure good health amongst these