The reason it is more appropriate to call an erythrocyte a "formed element" rather than a "cell" is that erythrocytes

A. are not red.
B. have lots of inclusion molecules.
C. are actually dead.
D. lack a nucleus and organelles.
E. can form a rouleau when moving through a capillary.


Answer: D

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