This short film is from the BBC series, Inside the Human Body. Students could make models of red blood cells in capillaries or of mitochondria. Alternatively, they could draw a journey to the ...

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The characteristic shape and flexible lipid membrane facilitate passage through narrow capillaries ... in grams per 100 ml of packed red blood cells, normal adult value is between 32 and 36% ...

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Red blood cells for example, have no nucleus, so they can hold more oxygen. They're also biconcave or disc-shaped to absorb oxygen more quickly and rounded to flow easily through tiny capillaries.

These rods cause a person's red blood cells to take on a deformed ... and they also tend to clog capillaries, causing an affected person's blood supply to be cut off to various tissues, including ...

Petechiae are tiny red ... your normal blood cells. This makes you more prone to infection. Leukemia also makes your blood less able to clot normally when capillaries burst and bleed beneath ...

Type R capillaries cannot be thought of as passive conduits for the blood to flow through: "Type R capillaries communicate with the two major cell types of bone, the osteoblasts, which synthesize ...

Mature red blood cells (RBCs) or erythrocytes are specialized ... flexible and facilitates their smooth circulation through ...