The reason it is more appropriate to call an erythrocyte a "formed element" rather than a "cell" is that erythrocytes
A. can form a rouleau when moving through a capillary.
B. lack a nucleus and organelles.
C. have lots of inclusion molecules.
D. are actually dead.
E. are not red.
Answer: B
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