Destroyed in the spleen, for 10 points, name these cellular components developed in the bone marrow which transport hemoglobin and carry oxygen from the lungs to the tissue.
Codocytes are target-shaped varieties of these entities, and immature ones are named reticulocytes. These structures usually lack nuclei and are biconcave, but mutate into a crescent-shape when afflicted with sickle-cell anemia. Destroyed in the spleen, for 10 points, name these cellular components developed in the bone marrow which transport hemoglobin and carry oxygen from the lungs to the tissue.
Codocytes are target-shaped varieties of these entities, and immature ones are named reticulocytes.
red {blood cells} [or {erythrocytes}; or {erthryons}; or {haematids}]