THE PROCESS OF FORMATION OF BLOOD CELLS

SITES WHERE BLOOD CELL FORMATION OCCURS

PRINCIPAL HEMOPOIETIC TISSUE IN ADULTS, PRODUCES THE BLOOD CELLS

SITES OF BLOOD CELL FORMATION DURING EMBRYONIC LIFE AND IN CERTAIN PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS

VEHICLE FOR THE TRANSPORT OF HEMOGLOBIN WHICH IS THE VEHICLE OF OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE

DETACHED PORTIONS OR FRAGMENTS OF CYTOPLASM OF MATURE MEGAKARYOCYTES FORMED IN THE BONE MARROW

LARGEST OF ALL THE BLOOD CELLS

MATURE FORM HAS NO NUCLEUS, APPEARS AS A BICONCAVE DISC

LIFE SPAN IS 120 DAYS THEN IS DEGRADED IN THE BONE MARROW

LIFE SPAN IS _____ DAYS THEN IS DEGRADED IN THE BONE MARROW

MATURE FORM HAS NO NUCLEUS, APPEARS AS A ______

NORMAL COUNT:RBC MALE- ________ MILLIONS/CU.MM. OF BLOOD

NORMAL COUNT:RBC FEMALE- ______ MILLIONS/CU.MM. OF BLOOD

NO NUCLEUS, ROUNDED OR ELONGATED BODIES WITH GRANULES

MAY APPEAR SINGLY OR IN GROUPS

FUNCTION: IMPORTANT IN MAINTAINING VASCULAR INTEGRITY AND IN BLOOD COAGULATION

NORMAL COUNT PLATELETS: ______________/CU.MM.

NORMAL COUNT: 4,500-11,000/CU.MM

NORMAL COUNT(WBC): ____________/CU.MM

LARGEST AMONG THE WBC

KIDNEY-SHAPED NUCLEUS WITH AGRANULAR BLUISH CYTOPLASM

SPEND 1 TO 3 DAYS IN THE BLOOD THEN MOVE INTO THE TISSUES WHERE THEY ARE TRANSFORMED INTO MACROPHAGES

2 TO 10% OF ALL WBC

FUNCTION: PHAGOCYTOSIS

ROUND NUCLEUS WITH BLUISH AGRANULAR CYTOPLASM

FUNCTION IS PROGRAMMED BY THE THYMUS GLAND

SPENDS A FEW DAYS IN BLOOD THEN SETTLES DOWN IN THE TISSUES

Caries antibodies

20-40% of wbc

ONE NUCLEUS WITH 2-5 LOBES

PINKISH, GRANULAR CYTOPLASM

SPENDS 1 DAY IN BLOOD THEN ENTERS THE TISSUES

FUNCTION: PHAGOCYTOSIS

50-70% OF ALL WBC

CLOVER LEAF - SHAPED SINGLE NUCLEUS WITH BLUISH GRANULES BUT MAY NOT BE SEEN BECAUSE THEY ARE SOLUBLE IN WATER

CARRIES HISTAMINE AND HEPARIN

0-1% OF ALL WBC

BILOBED SINGLE NUCLEUS WITH LARGE, BRIGHT RED GRANULES IN THE CYTOPLASM

SPENDS A FEW DAYS IN THE BLOOD THEN ENTERS THE TISSUES

FUNCTIONS: PHAGOCYTOSIS, CARRIES HISTAMINE

1-4% OF ALL WBC