NORMAL COUNT(WBC): ____________/CU.MM

50-70% OF ALL WBC

PRINCIPAL HEMOPOIETIC TISSUE IN ADULTS, PRODUCES THE BLOOD CELLS

FUNCTION: IMPORTANT IN MAINTAINING VASCULAR INTEGRITY AND IN BLOOD COAGULATION

20-40% of wbc

FUNCTION: PHAGOCYTOSIS

0-1% OF ALL WBC

MAY APPEAR SINGLY OR IN GROUPS

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

2 TO 10% OF ALL WBC

ROUND NUCLEUS WITH BLUISH AGRANULAR CYTOPLASM

FUNCTION: PHAGOCYTOSIS

LARGEST AMONG THE WBC

FUNCTION IS PROGRAMMED BY THE THYMUS GLAND

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

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

ONE NUCLEUS WITH 2-5 LOBES

CARRIES HISTAMINE AND HEPARIN

MATURE FORM HAS NO NUCLEUS, APPEARS AS A BICONCAVE DISC

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

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

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

FUNCTIONS: PHAGOCYTOSIS, CARRIES HISTAMINE

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

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

NO NUCLEUS, ROUNDED OR ELONGATED BODIES WITH GRANULES

PINKISH, GRANULAR CYTOPLASM

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

SPENDS A FEW DAYS IN THE BLOOD THEN ENTERS THE TISSUES

Caries antibodies

KIDNEY-SHAPED NUCLEUS WITH AGRANULAR BLUISH CYTOPLASM

SPENDS 1 DAY IN BLOOD THEN ENTERS THE TISSUES

1-4% OF ALL WBC

SITES WHERE BLOOD CELL FORMATION OCCURS

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

THE PROCESS OF FORMATION OF BLOOD CELLS

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

NORMAL COUNT PLATELETS: ______________/CU.MM.

LARGEST OF ALL THE BLOOD CELLS