Introduction to Hematology | What is Blood?: Red Blood Cell Flexibility

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Introduction to Hematology

Red Blood Cell Flexibility
Red Blood Cells in Capillary: The special shape and flexibility of the red cell allows it to traverse the narrowest of vessels, the capillaries, to deliver oxygen to all of the cells of the body.

Photo: Copyright Dennis Kunkel, University of Hawaii

Diseases of the Red Cell (Index)

Section Two: What is Blood?

What is Blood?

How Blood Cells are Made