Color enhanced scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of red blood cells found enmeshed in a fibrinous matrix on the luminal surface of an indwelling vascular catheter; Magnified 5716x Note the biconcave cytomorphologic shape of each erythrocyte,which increases the surface area of these hemoglobin-filled cells,thereby,promoting a greater degree of gas exchange,which is their primary function in an in vivo setting. In their adult phase,these cells possess no nucleus. What appears to be irregularly-shaped chunks of debris,are actually fibrin clumps,which when inside the living organism,functions as a key component in the process of blood clot formation,acting to entrap the red blood cells in a mesh-like latticework of proteinaceous strands,thereby | |
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