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CHAPTER 3  ERYTHROCYTE MATURATION   31

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               A                                          B
               FIGURE 3–12A  Erythrocyte. The mature erythro-  FIGURE 3–12B  Scanning electron micrograph of
               cyte has lost the blue-gray color and is salmon   erythrocyte (32500).
               colored as hemoglobinization is complete.


               SIZE:  7-8 mm
               NUCLEUS:  Absent
               Nucleoli:  NA
               Chromatin:  NA
               CYTOPLASM:  Salmon with central pallor of about
                  one-third of the diameter of the cell
               N/C RATIO:  NA
               REFERENCE INTERVAL:
               Bone Marrow:  NA
               Peripheral Blood:  Predominant cell type
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