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Chapter 10 Blood Cell Anatomy
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Anatomy
11th Grade
01/29/2012

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erythrocytes (red blood cells)
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salmon-colored biconcave disks; anucleate, literally sacs of hemoglobin; most organelles have been ejected
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leukocytes (white blood cells)
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the only complete cells in the blood, they contain nuclei and organelles
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neutrophils
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cytoplasm stains pale pink and contains fine granules, which are difficult to see; deep purple nucleus consists of three to seven lobes connected by thin strands of nucleoplasm
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eosinophils
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red, coarse cytoplasmic granules; figure-8 shaped or bilobed nucleus stains blue-red
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basophils
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cytoplasm has a few large blue-purple granules; U or S-shaped nucleus with constrictions, stains dark blue
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lymphocytes
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cytoplasm pale blue and appears as the rim around the nucleus; spherical or slightly indented dark purple-blue nucleus
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monocytes
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abundant gray-blue cytoplasm; dark blue-purple nucleus often kidney-shaped
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platelets
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essentially irregularly shaped cell fragments; stain deep purple
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