Question

What are erythrocyte?​

Answer 1

Erythrocyte: A cell that contains hemoglobin and can carry oxygen to the body

Answer 2

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Erythrocytes are the red blood cells .

Red blood cells are red in colour due to the presence of haemoglobin which is also an oxygen carrier .

These cells are formed in red bone marrow .

Structure:-

• These are biconcave and are disc like structure.

• They are red in colour .

• Their size is of approximately 7-8 micron.

• Shape varies as they have no organelles inside them.

• There life span is of about 120 days after that they become non - functional

Disentigration:-

After they become non functional they gets destroyed in spleen.

Spleen is the graveyard of Red blood cells .

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