<unk>  refers to the ability of<unk> s (red blood cells, RBC) to change shape under a given level of applied stress, without hemolysing (rupturing). This is an important property because<unk> s must change their shape extensively under the influence of mechanical forces in fluid flow or while passing through microcirculation. The extent and geometry of this shape change can be affected by the mechanical properties of the<unk> s, the magnitude of the applied forces, and the orientation of<unk> s with the applied forces.<unk>  is an intrinsic cellular property of<unk> s determined by geometric and material properties of the cell membrane, although as with many measurable properties the ambient conditions may also be relevant factors in any given measurement. No other cells of mammalian organisms have<unk>  comparable with<unk> s; furthermore, non-mammalian<unk> s are not deformable to an extent comparable with mammalian<unk> s. In human RBC there are structural support that aids resilience in RBC which include the cytoskeleton- actin and spectrin that are held together by ankyrin.
Erythrocyte deformability
Platelet adhesiveness
Inflammatory cytokine
Total complement activity
Overall hemostatic potential
Vascular permeability
Blood protein
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration