LP7536-8

RBC

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Description

Red blood cells are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate body 's principal means of delivering oxygen from the lungs or gills to body tissues via the blood. Red blood cells are also known as RBCs or erythrocytes (from Greek erythros for red and kytos for hollow, with cyte nowadays translated as cell). A schistocyte is a red blood cell undergoing fragmentation, or a fragmented part of a red blood cell. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, RBC (Wikipedia)

Basic Part Properties

Part Name

RBC

Part Display Name

Red Blood Cells

Part Type

System (Describes the name of the system (sample) type)

Created On

2000-05-03

Construct for LOINC Short Name

RBC

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