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    A condition in which a person has too few Red Blood Cells or an insufficient amount of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin also helps remove the cellular waste gas---C02.

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    A condition in which a person has too few Red Blood Cells or an insufficient amount of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin also helps remove the cellular waste gas---C02.

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    Red Blood Cells

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    A condition in which a person has too few Red Blood Cells or an insufficient amount of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin also helps remove the cellular waste gas---C02.

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    Red Blood Cells (RBC¶s) Facts

    ‡ Also referred to as erythrocytes (eh Rith ruh syts) ‡ Human body contains 30 trillion RBC¶s

    ‡ Mature RBC¶s do not contain a nucleus ‡ Live on avg. for 120 days ‡ The liver and spleen remove 2 million worn out RBC¶s a second ‡ Bone marrow produces 2 million new RBC¶s a second

    RBC¶s Main Function

    The protein hemoglobin gives blood its red color and is necessary to effectively carry 02 .

    Hemoglobin also helps remove the cellular waste gas---C02.

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    C02

    A condition in which a person has too few red blood cells or an insufficient amount of hemoglobin.

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