Erythrocyte

... Another good example is the red blood cell, who has a nucleus in immature stages (erythroblast) but completely loses it when it becomes a mature erythrocyte. Thus, the nucleus shape is typically "fixed" only in resting, mature cells. When the cell activates, for meiosis or for other ...

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which of the following cells would you expect to be engaged most heavily in bulk-phase endocytosis a)an erythrocyte b)a pancreatic acinar c)a macrophage Why? I say it is macrophage, but I don't know why.

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... the vast majority of the cell pellet that emerges. Actually one of the oldest laboratory tests still in use takes advantage of this fact: in the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) test the clotting factors are inactivated by, say, sodium citrate and then the time of erythrocyte sedimentation ...

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Hello! I have a "simple" question, that I have no idea how to address. I want to know, on average, how long does it take for an erythrocyte to go from a point in the circulatory system and come back to that point. I know this is a strange question, that depends on the individual. ...

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... for you to use: g/dL into mmole/L. just have to find out the volume of a red blood cell. Wow, found it for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrocyte look under the Heading Human Erythrocyte, and use the normal volume value to calculate it out.

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