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Give some example of erythropoietic organs.
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Blood is a fluid connective tissue that contains plasma and three types of blood corpuscles namely erythrocytes, leucocytes, and thrombocytes. Erythrocytes (red blood cells or RBCs) are most abundant in the human body. The entire cytoplasm of the mature RBCs is filled with hemoglobin. It is a protein that acts as an oxygen-carrying pigment.
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