your body. It carries oxygen through your body and gets rid of carbon dioxide. Blood cells start their rotation in the lungs, from there they take the oxygen and carry it to the heart, this pumps the blood and keeps your heart beating and lungs breathing. Blood cells are shaped in a circle with a slimmer middle and a fatter outside; they are red and are very small that you can only see them with a microscope. Blood cells are made inside your bones and live up to one hundred days. The structure of erythrocytes of birds is outlined. Unlike the situation in most mammals, avian erythrocytes have nuclei. Consideration is given to erythrocyte transcription, lifespan, production including the role of the stimulatory hormone—avian erythropoietin, metabolism, and number.