what is the difference betweem white and red blood cells?

Answer 1

Red blood cells carry O2 to the cells and carry away CO2

White blood cells attack foreign cells and defend the body.

Answer 2

The function of a red blood cell is to carry oxygen to the body's cells. White blood cells are involved in the bodies immune system; they help to fight infections. Red blood cells are considerably smaller than white blood cells and do not have a nucleus.

Answer 3

White blood cells or leucocytes are cells which form a component of the blood. They are produced in the bone marrow and help to defend the body against infectious disease and foreign materials as part of the immune system.

Red blood cells are the most common type of blood cell and the principal means of delivering oxygen from the lungs to body tissues via the blood.

Answer 4

White blood cells are the soldiers in your body, while the red blood cells carry nutrients and oxygen, waste and CO2

Answer 5

purple Blood cells carry oxygen to the cells of your physique, and carbon dioxide from the cells. White Blood cells combat off something that may no longer meant to be there, like viruses as an occasion.

Answer 6

Red blood cells carry oxygen though the body...White blood cells fight infection. White blood isn't really "blood"

Answer 7

White blood cells are your immune system, for instance a blister's pus is white blood cells. Red circulate oxegen and nutrients through the body.

Answer 8

Red blood cells (also called erythrocytes, pronounced: ih-rith-ruh-sytes) are shaped like slightly indented, flattened disks. Red blood cells contain an iron-rich protein called hemoglobin (pronounced: hee-muh-glow-bun). Blood gets its bright red color when hemoglobin in red blood cells picks up oxygen in the lungs. As the blood travels through the body, the hemoglobin releases oxygen to the tissues. The body contains more red blood cells than any other type of cell, and each red blood cell has a life span of about 4 months. Each day, the body produces new red blood cells to replace those that die or are lost from the body.
White blood cells (also called leukocytes, pronounced: loo-kuh-sytes) are a key part of the body's system for defending itself against infection. They can move in and out of the bloodstream to reach affected tissues. The blood contains far fewer white blood cells than red cells, although the body can increase production of white blood cells to fight infection. There are several types of white blood cells, and their life spans vary from a few days to months. New cells are constantly being formed in the bone marrow.Several different parts of blood are involved in fighting infection. White blood cells called granulocytes (pronounced: gran-yuh-low-sytes) and lymphocytes (pronounced: lim-fuh-sytes) travel along the walls of blood vessels. They fight germs such as bacteria and viruses and may also attempt to destroy cells that have become infected or have changed into cancer cells.Certain types of white blood cells produce antibodies, special proteins that recognize foreign materials and help the body destroy or neutralize them. When a person has an infection, his or her white cell count (the number of cells in a given amount of blood) often is higher than when he or she is well because more white blood cells are being produced or are entering the bloodstream to battle the infection. After the body has been challenged by some infections, lymphocytes "remember" how to make the specific antibodies that will quickly attack the same germ if it enters the body again.
There is a third type of blood cell which is called platelets.
Platelets (also called thrombocytes, pronounced: throm-buh-sytes) are tiny oval-shaped cells made in the bone marrow. They help in the clotting process. When a blood vessel breaks, platelets gather in the area and help seal off the leak. Platelets survive only about 9 days in the bloodstream and are constantly being replaced by new cells.
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