Erythrocytes
Erythrocytes ERYTHROCYTES (RED BLOOD CELLS) RBC – Non-nucleated biconcave disc. Mean diameter – 7.5 μm. Thickness – 2 μm at periphery. ERYTHROPOIESIS: Process of RBC formation. In early fetal life (up to 10 weeks) – Occurs in yolk sac. By third month of intrauterine life – Moves to liver (major) & spleen. Chief site for erythropoiesis until 5 months of fetal […]
