Blood cell

Blood cell
A blood cell is any cell of any type normally found in blood. In mammals, these fall into three general categories: ...
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White blood cells (a.k.a. leukocytes) are cells which form a component of the blood. They are produced in the bone marrow and help to defend the body against infectious disease and foreign materials as part of the immune system.
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red blood cell (erythrocyte) development, including pluripotential stem cell division, restriction of potential and differentiation into a mature red blood cell containing hemoglobin.
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red blood cells (RBCs) or erythrocytes
platelets or thrombocytes
five kinds of white blood cells (WBCs) or leukocytes
Three kinds of granulocytes ...
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red blood cells: also known as erythrocytes; cells that contain hemoglobin to transport oxygen.
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red blood cell Component of the blood that transports oxygen with the hemoglobin molecule. See also erythrocyte ...
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red blood cell The type of blood cell that contains hemoglobin and no nucleus. During their formation in mammals, erythrocytes lose their nuclei; those of other vertebrates retain the nuclei.
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A red blood cell; contains hemoglobin, which functions in transporting oxygen in the circulatory system.
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A small white blood cell that plays a major role in defending the body against disease.
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a type of white blood cell that responds to an antigen by producing circulating or humoral antibodies
Source: Jenkins, John B. 1990. Human Genetics, 2nd Edition. New York: Harper & Row
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Leukocyte white blood cells
(leuco = white; cyto = cell)
Leucocytosis an increase in the number of WBCs
(leuco = white; -osis = condition of) ...
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Apart from on red blood cells, the ABO antigen is also expressed on the glycoprotein von Willebrand factor (vWF), which participates in hemostasis (control of bleeding).
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erythrocyte
A red blood cell; contains hemoglobin, which functions in transporting oxygen in the circulatory system. These are the most common cell type of the blood.
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Sickle cell anemia -- an hereditary, chronic form of hemolytic anemia characterized by breakdown of the red blood cells; ...
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This creates a "sticky patch" when the hemoglobin is deoxygenated, causing hemoglobin molecules to polymerize and deform the red blood cells.
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[footnote: Thalassemia major (the most serious form) negatively affects the production of red blood cells (hemoglobin) such that the tissues have insufficient oxygen, thereby leading to anemia.
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There are also round cells, like your blood cells. They're just round. They have no ends at all. But a neuron has basically two ends.
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Emerging concepts suggest that the biophysical and rheological properties of the red blood cell are important in meeting this criterion.
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People with this disease are susceptible to infections because their white blood cells do not produce an enzyme needed by their immune systems. This disease has been treated in two different ways.
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The sickle cell allele causes the normally round blood cell to have a sickle shape. The effect of this allele depends on whether a person has one or two copies of the allele. It is generally fatal if a person has two copies.
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Masses of splanchnic mesoderm that form the first red blood cells and blood vessels. Found in the gut wall of amphibians and the yolk sac of amniotes.
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Encapsulation: The surrounding of an invading body, such as the egg of a parasite, by insect hemocytes (blood cells) and the formation of a protective capsule.
Entomopathogenic: Insect-attacking organism.
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cytoskeleton -- Integrated system of molecules within eukaryotic cells which provides them with shape, internal spatial organization, motility, and may assist in communication with other cells and the environment. Red blood cells, for instance, ...
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