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White Blood Cell and Platelets
White Blood Cell and Platelets
White Blood Cell and Platelets
OVERVIEW
White blood cells:
◦ Characteristics, functions, formation
Platelets :
◦ Characteristics & functions, formation
CFU -E Granulocytes
CFU-B
Monocytes
PHSC CFU -Spl
CFU-GM Macrophages
Megakaryocytes
Platelets
CFU-M
PHSC T - Lymphocytes
Lymphoid
B - Lymphocytes
stem cell
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Genesis of WBC
Like
the RBCs the WBC originate from the
PHSC in bone marrow
◦ It differentiates to form
Myelocyte stem cell
CFU-GM
Granulocytes (N, E, B)
Monocytes
CFU-M (megakryocyte)
Platelets
Lymphoid stem cell
T-lymphocyte
B-lymphocyte
Pro-Myeloblast