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SEM of platelet

Red blood cells forming rouleaux

NK T-cell lymphoma is a highly aggressive cancer of a specific type of immune cell called lymphoid cells, and is associated with the Epstein Barr virus (glandular fever). In later stages of the disease, the lymphoma can spread to the lymph nodes, as in this case. 

Small blood vessel in alveoli, SEM

Avian blood

Blood vessel with red and white blood cells

Metastatic seminoma of supraclavicular lymph node

Developing limb bud

SEM of platelets and red blood corpuscle

Electron micrograph of blood clot,high power

Reduced oxygen affects human organs, conceptual artwork

Blood clot forming over a wound

Carbon dioxide transport in blood: equilibrium between red cells and plasma : the work of D.D. Van Slyke and L.J. Henderson, 1920-1928 / John T. Edsall.

SEM of blood corpuscles in clot.

The red blood cell : a comprehensive treatise / edited by Charles Bishop, Douglas M. Surgenor.

Cells at work! Volume 04, A hard day's work / Akane Shimizu ; translation, Yamato Tanaka ; lettering, Abigail Blackman ; editing, Paul Starr.

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Erythrocytes

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Carbon dioxide transport in blood: equilibrium between red cells and plasma : the work of D.D. Van Slyke and L.J. Henderson, 1920-1928 / John T. Edsall.

SEM of blood corpuscles in clot.

Reduced oxygen affects human organs, conceptual artwork

The red blood cell : a comprehensive treatise / edited by Charles Bishop, Douglas M. Surgenor.

Cells at work! Volume 04, A hard day's work / Akane Shimizu ; translation, Yamato Tanaka ; lettering, Abigail Blackman ; editing, Paul Starr.

Erythrocytes

Images from the collections

Images referencing Erythrocytes

Works from the collections

Carbon dioxide transport in blood: equilibrium between red cells and plasma : the work of D.D. Van Slyke and L.J. Henderson, 1920-1928 / John T. Edsall.

SEM of blood corpuscles in clot.

Reduced oxygen affects human organs, conceptual artwork

The red blood cell : a comprehensive treatise / edited by Charles Bishop, Douglas M. Surgenor.

Cells at work! Volume 04, A hard day's work / Akane Shimizu ; translation, Yamato Tanaka ; lettering, Abigail Blackman ; editing, Paul Starr.

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