Red platelets (RBCs), additionally alluded to as red cells,[1] red blood corpuscles, haematids, erythroid cells or erythrocytes (from Greek erythros for "red" and kytos for "empty vessel", with - cyte interpreted as "cell" in current use), are the most widely recognized kind of platelet and the vertebrate's chief methods for conveying oxygen (O2) to the body tissues—by means of blood move through the circulatory system.[2] RBCs take up oxygen in the lungs, or gills of fish, and delivery it into tissues while just barely getting through the body's vessels.
Red platelets (RBCs), additionally alluded to as red cells,[1] red blood corpuscles, haematids, erythroid cells or erythrocytes