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 cells, whose main purpose is the transport of oxygen;
- white blood cells, which produce antibodies to fight infection;
- platelets, which are actually fragments of the large bone marrow cells known as megakaryocytes and are important in blood clotting.
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External links
- What is Blood? from the Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah.
- Cells of the bloodfr:Cellule sanguine
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