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Function of red blood cells explained
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blood components diagram
blood plasma
red blood cell
bone marrow smear showing myelocytes
hemoglobin tetramer
Macrophage structure
MRSA and neutrophil
human lymphocyte
human T cell; human T lymphocyte
platelet
Function of red blood cells explained
Observe how a red blood cell travels from the heart to the lungs and other body tissues to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide
How much blood is in the human body?
Why is blood red?
Learn about sickle cell anemia and how a tiny microfluidic device can help analyze the behaviour of blood from sickle cell patients
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Stephen Hales
Stephen Hales
English scientist
Edwin Joseph Cohn
American biochemist
William Harvey
William Harvey
English physician
Claude Bernard, detail of a lithograph by A. Laemlein, 1858
Claude Bernard
French scientist
Marcello Malpighi
Marcello Malpighi
Italian scientist
Bernardo Alberto Houssay
Argentine physiologist
Charles Richard Drew
Charles Richard Drew
American physician
Nuttall, George Henry Falkiner
George Henry Falkiner Nuttall
British biologist
Walter Bradford Cannon
American neurologist and physiologist
Ernst Felix Hoppe-Seyler
German physician

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