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It is approximately 8 micrometers in diameter.<ref>URL: [http://www.wisegeek.com/how-large-is-a-micrometer.htm http://www.wisegeek.com/how-large-is-a-micrometer.htm]. Accessed on: 17 January 2011.</ref>
It is approximately 8 micrometers in diameter.<ref>URL: [http://www.wisegeek.com/how-large-is-a-micrometer.htm http://www.wisegeek.com/how-large-is-a-micrometer.htm]. Accessed on: 17 January 2011.</ref>
==Precursors==
===Reticulocyte===
The direct precursor to the RBC is the '''reticulocyte'''.
Image:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reticulocytes_Human_Blood_Supravital_Stain.jpg Reticulocytes (WC)].
===Normoblast===
'''Normoblasts''' are the nucleated precursors of RBCs.
Image:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hematopoiesis_%28human%29_diagram.png Hematopoiesis diagram (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orthochromatic_erythroblast.png Normoblast (WC)].


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 03:21, 27 March 2012

The red blood cell, abbreviated RBC, is the carrier of oxygen to tissue. It is seen daily by pathologists.

It is approximately 8 micrometers in diameter.[1]

Precursors

Reticulocyte

The direct precursor to the RBC is the reticulocyte.

Image:

Normoblast

Normoblasts are the nucleated precursors of RBCs.

Image:

See also

References

  1. URL: http://www.wisegeek.com/how-large-is-a-micrometer.htm. Accessed on: 17 January 2011.