Question 1-4

Preparation:

This is a scanning EM of Red Blood Cells.

Question:

1. What gives the RBC its biconcave shape?

2. Why is this cytoskeleton important? Can you name a defects of this cytoskeleton?

3. Name the transmembrane protein which acts as a bicarbonate-chloride exchanger in the RBC plasma membrane.

4. Why is it necessary for the function of RBCs to lose the bicarbonate ions?


Answer 1

Answer 2

Answer 3

Answer 4


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