Mary Jones, Richard Fosbery, Dennis Taylor and, Jennifer Gregory Solutions for Chapter: Transport in Mammals, Exercise 7: Questions

Assuming that you have 2.5 $\times$ 10¹³ red blood cells in your body, that the average life of a red blood cell is 120 days, and that the total number of red blood cells remains constant, calculate how many new red blood cells must be made, on average, in your bone marrow each day.

Whether the following function could or could not be carried out by red blood cells. Briefly Justify your answer.

Protein synthesis

Whether the following function could or could not be carried out by red blood cells. Briefly Justify your answer.

Lipid synthesis

Whether the following function could or could not be carried out by red blood cells. Briefly Justify your answer.

Cell Division

Whether the following function could or could not be carried out by red blood cells. Briefly Justify your answer.

Active transport