When a staff member asks how erythrocytes can carry oxygen, the nurse should describe which of the following properties that allow erythrocytes to function as gas carriers? (select all that ap-ply)
a. Biconcavity
b. Reversible deformability
c. Undergoes mitotic division
d. Presence of many mitochondria
e. Presence of a nucleus
ANS: A, B
Erythrocytes are small disks that are biconcave in shape and have the capacity to be reversibly deformed. They cannot undergo mitotic division and do not have many mitochondria. Erythro-cytes do not have a nucleus.
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