Blood cell
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A blood cell is any cell of any type normally found in blood. In mammals, these fall into three general categories:
- Red blood cell, whose main purpose is the transport of oxygen;
- White blood cell, which produces antibodies to fight infection;
- Platelet, which is actually a fragment of the large bone marrow cells known as megakaryocytes and are important in blood clotting.
External links
- [What is Blood?] from the Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah.
- [Cells of the blood]
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