You've probably learned about blood in biology class but have you ever seen it magnified for the naked eye to see the individual cells?
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| 400X blood from dad |
As most people know, red blood cells are known for their important role of transporting nutrients, wastes, and gases across the entire body. In this picture, healthy red blood cells are seen because of their circular body and slightly indented center.
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| 400X blood from dad |
Though not quite visible in the pictures, red blood cells have the protein hemoglobin in the center which is known for transporting oxygen into the body and carbon dioxide to the lungs where it is exhaled.
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| 400X blood from dad |
Note that the red blood cells tend to live for up to 120 days before they die and are transported to either the spleen or liver to be broken down.
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| 400X blood from dad |
As I investigated further, I realized how there were a few leukocytes also swimming around with the erythrocytes. It fascinated me because it is much rarer to come across white blood cells since it only makes up about 1% of the blood.
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| blood from dad |
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