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erythrocyte

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000232


A red blood cell. In mammals, mature erythrocytes are biconcave disks containing hemoglobin whose function is to transport oxygen. [ MESH:D004912 GOC:tfm ]

Synonyms: RBC, red blood cell

Term info

database cross reference
  • BTO:0000424
  • FMA:81100
  • CALOHA:TS-0290
Subsets

human_reference_atlas

alternative label

RBC, red blood corpuscle, red blood cell

comment

A red blood cell. In mammals, mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing hemoglobin whose function is to transport oxygen., Any of the hemoglobin-containing cells that carry oxygen to the tissues and are responsible for the red color of vertebrate blood.

definition source

BTO:0000424, CL:0000232

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

prefLabel

Mature erythrocyte

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

see also

URI: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/cellline#erythrocyte, EFO_URI: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0000477

term editor

James Malone