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Observe how a red blood cell travels from the heart to the lungs and other body tissues to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide
Why is blood red?
Watch red blood cells travel through arteries and capillaries to deliver oxygen
red blood cells iron-deficiency anemia Plasmodium vivax fibrin in blood clotting blood smear showing sickle cell anemia sickle cell anemia
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Observe how a red blood cell travels from the heart to the lungs and other body tissues to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide
In a circuit through the cardiovascular system, red blood cells transport oxygen...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Why is blood red?
Are you “red-y” to find out?
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Watch red blood cells travel through arteries and capillaries to deliver oxygen
Learn about red blood cells (erythrocytes) by watching them move through arteries...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Function of red blood cells explained
In a circuit through the cardiovascular system, red blood cells transport oxygen...
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Sickle cell anemia explained
Learn about sickle cell anemia.
Video: © Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Understanding the human cardiovascular system
The vascular system is a network of arteries, veins, and capillaries that supplies...
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capillary
Cross section of a capillary.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
red blood cells
Human red blood cells (erythrocytes)
Manfred Kage/Peter Arnold
iron-deficiency anemia
Blood smear of a patient with iron-deficiency anemia showing abnormal red blood cells.
Roberto J. Galindo
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium vivax in red blood cell.
A.L. Leu
fibrin in blood clotting
Red blood cells (erythrocytes) trapped in a mesh of fibrin threads. Fibrin, a tough,...
BSIP/age fotostock
blood smear showing sickle cell anemia
Blood smear in which the red cells show variation in size and shape typical of sickle...
sickle cell anemia
Photomicrograph of red blood cells, showing abnormal shape characteristic of sickle...
NASA
blood cells in sickle cell anemia compared with healthy red blood cells
Healthy human red blood cells (left) compared with red blood cells from a person...
(Left) Micro Discovery/Corbis; (right) NASA
Trypanosome with human red blood cells (highly magnified).
John J. Lee
blood components diagram
Blood is made up of multiple components, including red blood cells, white blood cells,...
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hemoglobin tetramer
Two αβ dimers combine to form the complete hemoglobin molecule. Each heme group contains...
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