2,531 normal blood cells stock photos, vectors, and illustrations are available royalty-free.<\/p>\n
\nRarely, you may see a cell that looks a bit beat up, or that deviates slightly from a perfect round appearance. But overall, there are not a significant number of funny-shaped red cells (like pointy ones, teardrop-shaped ones, or sickle-shaped ones).<\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s pretty hard to tell, just looking, whether the cells are normal in size (normocytic), small (microcytic), or large (macrocytic). You need to look at the MCV (mean cell volume), a value reported in the complete blood count (CBC), to determine whether the cells are normal in size or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"