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luvbio

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on: Sep 7, 2013
In a healthy human, the typical life span of a red blood cell is
A)  24 hours.
B)  one week.
C)  one month.
D)  four months.
E)  80 years or more.


federox

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Reply #1 on: Sep 8, 2013
I remember it being D

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