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What are blood cells?

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A blood cell is also called a hematopoietic cell, hemocyte or hematocyte.. Is a cell produced through hematopoiesis and found mainly in the blood.

Types of blood cells include:-

red blood cells (erythrocytes),

white blood cells (leukocytes),

platelets (thrombocytes).

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Answer: Red blood cells, also referred to as red cells, red blood corpuscles, haematids, erythroid cells or erythrocytes, are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate's principal means of delivering oxygen to the body tissues—via blood flow through the circulatory system.

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