LIFE OF A RED BLOOD CELL

SIZE,SHAPE,FUNCTIONS

• A red blood cell is in the shape of a contact with a round edge
• A average red blood cell is 6 to 8 micrometers! And the width is about 2 micro meters
• The main function of the red blood cell is to transport oxygen
• The second function is to control the PH of the blood(PH stands for power of hydrogen!)

Creation of a new red blood cell.
It all begins with bone marrow.all red blood cells are created from the stem cells that are homed inside of bone marrow.From that point on it takes about 7 full days for a new red blood cell to mature,also two vitamins are needed.vitamin B12 and Folic acid.

PATH OF RED BLOOD CELL (RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEART)

• First blood that is flowing into the right side of the heart is deoxygenated blood from the superior and inferior vena cava
• It swims down smaller veins that lead to large veins and eventually reaches the pulmonary vein,the right atrium and valves
• A little later it goes through the right ventricle
• Later it goes through the pulmonary arteries and into the lungs were it gets oxygenated

What happens in the lungs?
When you breathe in you suck in oxygen which is passed all the way down to the alveoli and into the blood stream

PATH OF A RED BLOOD CELL (LEFT SIDE OF THE HEART)

• The now oxygenated blood re enters the left artrium and now into the left ventricle.
• And out the aorta were it will reach every capillary and cell in the human body
• Now the process would repeat

What happens exactly after blood leaves the heart?We'll once the blood leaves through the aorta it pumps to the rest of the body through different passage ways.EX arteries,capillaries,and once out of oxygen back to the heart through veins

DEATH OF A RBC

• A average life span of a RBC is 120 days
• 90% of the old/damaged RBC's are injested into the liver,spleen or sometimes a lymph node
• The other 10% die in the blood stream and left over particles go to the macrophages
• (Macrophages are the blood cells that fight infection and are also known as "big eaters")

WEBSITES I USED FOR INFORMATION

• Google images
• Chemestry.about.com/od/ph/f/what-does-ph-stand-for/
• Healthtype.com/red-blood-cells-functions-size-structure-life-cycle-pictures
• Www.slideshare.net/soniamou/the-path-of-a-red-blood-cell-through-the-body/
• Www.kidzworld.com/article/1240-how-blood-carries-oxygen