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    This document discusses red blood cells, including their size, shape, and lifespan. It also covers erythropoiesis, the process of red blood cell production; erythropoietin, the hormone that stimulates red blood cell production; and the structure and function of hemoglobin and the erythrocyte membrane. Key topics covered include the average size of red blood cells, why they are biconcave, what happens to old red cells, definitions of anemia, erythrocytosis, and polycythemia, the roles of spectrin and ankryin in the membrane, and an explanation of the oxygen dissociation curve.

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    This document discusses red blood cells, including their size, shape, and lifespan. It also covers erythropoiesis, the process of red blood cell production; erythropoietin, the hormone that stimulates red blood cell production; and the structure and function of hemoglobin and the erythrocyte membrane. Key topics covered include the average size of red blood cells, why they are biconcave, what happens to old red cells, definitions of anemia, erythrocytosis, and polycythemia, the roles of spectrin and ankryin in the membrane, and an explanation of the oxygen dissociation curve.

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    This document discusses red blood cells, including their size, shape, and lifespan. It also covers erythropoiesis, the process of red blood cell production; erythropoietin, the hormone that stimulates red blood cell production; and the structure and function of hemoglobin and the erythrocyte membrane. Key topics covered include the average size of red blood cells, why they are biconcave, what happens to old red cells, definitions of anemia, erythrocytosis, and polycythemia, the roles of spectrin and ankryin in the membrane, and an explanation of the oxygen dissociation curve.

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    This document discusses red blood cells, including their size, shape, and lifespan. It also covers erythropoiesis, the process of red blood cell production; erythropoietin, the hormone that stimulates red blood cell production; and the structure and function of hemoglobin and the erythrocyte membrane. Key topics covered include the average size of red blood cells, why they are biconcave, what happens to old red cells, definitions of anemia, erythrocytosis, and polycythemia, the roles of spectrin and ankryin in the membrane, and an explanation of the oxygen dissociation curve.

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    Week 2 - Handout

    How many red cells are we talking about? What is their size, shape?

    Erythropoeisis

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    Erythropoietin

    What is it and where is it synthesised?

    What does it do?

    Erythrocytes
    How big is the average red cell?

    Why is it biconcave?

    What happens to old red blood cells?

    Anaemia:

    Erythrocytosis:

    Polycythaemia:

    Erythrocyte membrane structure

    Composition

    What is the role of spectrin?

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    What is the role of akyrin?

    Explain the structure of Haemoglobin:

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    Describe the oxygen dissociation curve:

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