This flashcard describes erythrocytes (red blood cells) and how their specialized features—a flattened biconcave shape for increased surface area to volume ratio, flexibility to pass through capillaries, and lack of nucleus/organelles to maximize space for hemoglobin—are crucial for their function of transporting oxygen.
Erythrocytes: flattened biconcave shape (high SA:V), flexible, no nucleus/organelles for more haemoglobin, for oxygen transport.
| Front | Draw, label and annotate how erythrocytes are specialised for their function. |
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| Back | Erythrocytes:
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