Anatomy

Erythrocytes

Red blood cells. Mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing HEMOGLOBIN whose function is to transport OXYGEN.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Red blood cells. Mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing HEMOGLOBIN whose function is to transport OXYGEN.

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  • Blood Cells, Red
  • Blood Corpuscles, Red
  • Red Blood Cells
  • Red Blood Corpuscles
  • Blood Cell, Red
  • Blood Corpuscle, Red
  • Erythrocyte
  • Red Blood Cell
  • Red Blood Corpuscle

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

vertebrates only; for invertebrates index under HEMOCYTES; /cytol: consider also ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; do not equate /pathol with ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; erythrocyte antibodies: index BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS /immunol + ISOANTIBODIES & do not index under ERYTHROCYTES

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  1. A11w.118w.290w
  2. A11w.443.240w
  3. A15.145w.229w.334w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Erythrocytes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004912. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004912
  2. Erythrocytes. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_blood_cell
  3. Erythrocytes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37187