Red Blood Cells and Hemoglobin Overview

To increase the surface area to volume ratio

Possesses a nucleus and organelles

To bind to oxygen and transport it throughout the body

<p>Decreased oxygen levels in the body</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is necessary for normal stem cell divisions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is required for the absorption of vitamin B12</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Participating in immune responses</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bone marrow</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Oxygen transport</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fibrinogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Assessing the proportion of red blood cells in blood</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nucleus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Proerythroblast &gt; Basophilic Erythroblast &gt; Polychromatophilic Erythroblast &gt; Normoblast &gt; Reticulocyte &gt; RBC</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is broken down into amino acids</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Iron binds to transferrin and returns to bone marrow where it can be used to make new hemoglobin</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Urobilin and stercobilin</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Iron deficiency anemia</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers