Matt Baker wrote:

>Okay, I just read that the "average red blood cell survives in circulation
>for 120 days."
> http://www.e-histology.net/special.html
>
>That's considerably longer than the 6 days I posted earlier.  So now I'm
>wondering what species of animal it is whose histology is stuck in my mind.
>Apparently a non-human one.
>
>LOL......I'll search some more to see if I can find another number to
>further confuse us all!  Or maybe I should just be quiet and stick to
>liberal arts instead of science.  <g>
>
>

Hey, the sciences *are* in the liberal arts!

According to what I've read, red blood cells are not very metabolically
active.  They *carry* oxygen, but they don't actually use much energy
themselves, so I'd expect them to be relatively long-lived, as cells go.

Todd Moody
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