Circulatory System -RBC's
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Anemia | a deficiency of red blood cells |
| Erythrocytes | Red blood cells that transport oxygen |
| Erythropoiesis | the process of producing red blood cells by the stem cells in the bone marrow |
| Hemoglobin | a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color |
| Polycythemia | a disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood |
| ABO | four main blood types (A, B, AB, O) |
| Rh groups | determined by a single gene with two alleles, positive and negative, RH+, RH- |
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