Contents



Preface

Today, information in medical science increases rapidly and with the communication age, accessing information is quite easy. However, with this increasing knowledge, information complexity has emerged. Thus, despite all this increasing

Red blood cells constitute approximately 40% of the total amount of blood and 99% of shaped elements of blood. Their major function is oxygen transportation and this makes erythrocytes "the basis of life." However, as readers will see in this book, erythrocytes have a lot of different, important functions in our body. We have learned a great deal so far, but there is still more to learn about erythrocytes. Erythrocyte evolution continues and this book plans to collect current information

I would like to thank all the authors and IntechOpen in the hope that this book will be a stepping stone for scientists who are rapidly advancing their science journey

> **Dr. Anil Tombak, MD** Associate Professor

> > Turkey

Department of Internal Medicine—Hematology, Mersin University Medical Faculty, Mersin,

knowledge, the interest in and need for basic books has not diminished.

related to erythrocytes.
