Red blood cells (RBCs) are a type of blood cell that carries oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body and carbon dioxide back to the lungs. They hold onto oxygen and carbon dioxide using a specialized protein called hemoglobin. RBCs are made in a part of the bone called the bone marrow. …
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Hematopoietic cells are responsible for producing all the different types of blood cells in the body. The term “hematopoietic” comes from the Greek words “hema,” meaning blood, and “poiesis,” meaning formation. The process of creating these cells is called hematopoiesis. These cells are essential for the continuous production of blood cells, including red blood cells (RBCs), white blood …
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