Dictionary » R » Red blood cells

Red blood cells

red blood cell

(Science: haematology) cell specialised for oxygen transport, having a high concentration of haemoglobin in the cytoplasm (and little else). Biconcave, anucleate discs, 7nm diameter in mammals, nucleus contracted and chromatin condensed in other vertebrates.

Acronym: RBC


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



Results from our forum


Animal cell nucleus shape changes

... everything in biology. For example, in many cells the nucleus also changes in shape when the ... pathway). Another good example is the red blood cell, who has a nucleus in immature stages (erythroblast) ...

See entire post
by biohazard
Mon Nov 12, 2012 2:04 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Animal cell nucleus shape changes
Replies: 7
Views: 3962

Re: Blood is always red, never blue.

Human blood is always red, however creatures like the Horseshoe crab have blue blood, ... it must be a more efficent way of delivering oxygen to the cells as they have survived all the great extinctions

See entire post
by ablettakbar
Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:06 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Blood is always red, never blue.
Replies: 57
Views: 322696

Re:

... coloration of the agar (I'd call it deep red rather than black from what I see), but it is ... bacteria that use it to obtain iron from red blood cells. Thus, on standard blood agar these bacteria (e.g. ...

See entire post
by triton
Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:53 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Black coloration of sheep blood agar
Replies: 3
Views: 3872

Black coloration of sheep blood agar

... coloration of the agar (I'd call it deep red rather than black from what I see), but it is ... bacteria that use it to obtain iron from red blood cells. Thus, on standard blood agar these bacteria (e.g. ...

See entire post
by biohazard
Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:27 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Black coloration of sheep blood agar
Replies: 3
Views: 3872

cancer spread biology?

... state on volume of human peripheral vascular blood flow. 3rd Nat Acad Conf on Qigong Science. ... Beijing, China [1]. Research on reinforcing NK-cells to kill stomach carcinoma cells with waiqi ... of emitted qi on immune sticking function of red blood cells to tumor cells. 2nd World Conf for ...

See entire post
by suzidoc8
Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:10 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: cancer spread biology?
Replies: 4
Views: 6150
View all matching forum results

This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 12,845 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link