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Which one of the following statements accurately describes a characteristic of red blood cells?

a. They lack hemoglobin.
b. They're convex disks with a large nucleus.
c. They're agents of inflammation.
d. They transport oxygen to all the cells of the body.

User Mdubez
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a)no, they do, they do have hemoglobin! what they do lack is a nucleus (so answer B is also false)

c) - no, inflammation would be more a response of immune cells (not red blood cells) to a foreign body or organism

d) -yes, this is the correct one!
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