Life cycle of Red Blood cells

If you want to understand the life cycle of RBCs, this video is for you. It contain details regarding their peculiar cell membrane and how over time, wear and tear of the membrane proteins leads to their ultimate phagocytosis. Timeline 0:00 Introduction 0:46 Red cell membrane structure 1:35 Function of red cell membrane proteins 3:00 Role of spleen in phagocytosis of RBCs 4:17 Degradation hemoglobin 7:33 Conjugation of bilirubin 8:34 Bilirubin excretion from liver in bile 11:08 Breakdown of bilirubin by bacteria 12:55 Urobilinogen into Stercobilinogen 14:15 Importance of stercobilinogen as diagnostic tool of Jaundice 15:12 Recap of video