What part of the bone produces blood?
Flat bone and bone marrow
What are the earliest recognizable precursors of the RBC?
Pronormoblasts
What is produced by ejecting the nucleus and a small amount of cytoplasm?
Reticulocyte
T/F: Reticulocytes are larger than mature RBCs
True
Do mature RBCs synthesize heme?
No
What is responsible for inserting the iron molecule and completing the heme formation?
Mitochondrial activity
How many polypeptide chains and heme groups does normal hemoglobin A consist of?
4 polypeptide chains
4 heme groups