Sickle cell anemia affects red blood cells by causing them to delivered efficiently to all parts of the body. O replace some oxygen-binding iron with copper O swell to a sphere shape instead of being disk-shaped O become misshapen crescents instead of disks O grow to only about half their normal size O over-produce iron and hemoglobin which prevents oxygen from being
Sickle cell anemia affects red blood cells by causing them to delivered efficiently to all parts of the body. O replace some oxygen-binding iron with copper O swell to a sphere shape instead of being disk-shaped O become misshapen crescents instead of disks O grow to only about half their normal size O over-produce iron and hemoglobin which prevents oxygen from being
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Transcribed Image Text:Sickle cell anemia affects red blood cells by causing them to
delivered efficiently to all parts of the body.
O replace some oxygen-binding iron with copper
swell to a sphere shape instead of being disk-shaped
O become misshapen crescents instead of disks
O grow to only about half their normal size
over-produce iron and hemoglobin
which prevents oxygen from being
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