0 any of the cells that carry oxygen around the body --
1 any of the cells that carry oxygen around the body --
This led to the realization that red blood cell membranes must have proteins that act as water pores and contain free sulfhydryl groups that can react with mercurials.
When a red blood cell is placed in a straining flow, it starts deforming much like a liquid droplet.
This parameter provides a quantitative measure of the degree of red blood cell size variation (anisocytosis) in peripheral blood.
The large diameter of a red blood cell is approximately equal to 8 pm.
Unlike a liquid drop, a red blood cell may not deform without limit owing to the virtually constant area of the bounding membrane.
It is not surprising that we found a positive association between red blood cell density and bloodmeal size.
To test the significance of red blood cell density in the absence of parasitism, a second analysis was conducted on uninfected mosquitoes only.
This anaemia may be accentuated by reduction in red blood cell lifespan, by hypersplenism and/or by low grade disseminated intravascular coagulation.