ERYTHROID CELLS
Red Cells are bi-concave cells, with a diameter of 7mm, it contains hemoglobin and lacks a nucleus. |
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Red cells (erythrocytes) are produced by the proliferation and differentiation of erythroblasts in the bone marrow . The earliest recognizable erythroid precursor is the pronormoblast. | ||
During erythroid maturation, the haemoglobin content of the erythroid cell increases so that by the reticulocyte stage, almost all of the cell protein is haemoglobin. |