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Peripheral (circulating) blood = ? + ?
cells [formed elements] + Plasma [fluid]
What is found in the Cell [formed elements] portion of peripheral (circulating) blood?
RBC

Leukocytes(WBC)
-neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosionphils, basophils

Platelets or thrombocytes
Plasma [fluid] portion of the peripheral (circulating) blood contains?
clotting factors
nutrients
proteins
If the blood is clotted and FIBRINOGEN removed, remaining fluid is called ?
serum
Describe the layers of blood if it was centrifuged in a tube.
Plasma Layer - Top

Leukocytes (WBC) - middle

Red Cell Layer (hematocrit) - bottom
? forms blood islands in the second week of the embryo.
Yolk Sac Mesoderm
? week does the liver and spleen make blood cells in the embryo?
6th week
By the ? month bone marrow starts hematopoiesis and becomes dominant in the embryo
2nd month
? lined with endothelium permeate the marrow and are surrounded by adventitial cells thereby separating them from the marrow cells
vascular sinuses
Marrow cells between the vascular sinuses are supported by ? and consists of what 3 things?
Reticular Fibers (support)

Erythroblastic islets
Granulocytes
Megakryocytes
Erythroblastic islets of erythroblasts surround a ?
Macrophage
? usually develop away from a sinus close to bone spicules
Granulocytes
? shed fragments of their cytoplasm as platelets into the vascular sinuses at apertures in the endothelium.
Megakaryocytes
Romanovsky stains / Wright stain contain ? which causes oxidation and produce azures and eosin appearance for staining of marrow and blood.
Methylene blue
All blood cells come from a single stem cell called ?
PLEURIPOTENTIAL stem cell

(omnipotent)
Pleuripotential stem cells can differentiate into what 2 types of cells?
Lymphoid Multipotential stem cell

Myeloid multipotential stem cell
What cells arise from Myeloid multipotential stem cells?
monocytes

granulocytes (B.E.N.)

erythrocytes

Megakaryocytes
Hemoglobin made from iron is carried by ? to the receptors in the coated pits on the surface of the RBC.
Transferrin
Where are the receptors in the erythroblasts?
Coated Pits on the surface
Erythropoiesis is driven by ? which is produced mainly by the KIDNEY in response to hypoxia.
Erythropoietin (EP)
Erythropoietin is produced mainly by the ? in response to ?
Kindey

hypoxia
True or False

Erythropoietin (EP) causes an expansion of ERYTHROBLASTIC ISLETS.
True
? recycles worn-out erythrocytes and stores iron
Bone Marrow macrophages
Heme part of the hemoglobin becomes ? and goes to the liver.

the salvaged iron is stored as ?
Bilirubin

Ferritin
(Iron attached to protein called APOFERRITIN)
Storage aggregates of Ferritin are called ?


What transfer iron from these storages to erythroblasts?
Hemosiderin


Transferrin
Describe the the color changes as erythroblasts mature.
Deep basophilic blue

mixed blue and pink = POLYCHROMATIC

all pink => ORTHOCHROMATIC
What causes basophilia in the erythroblasts?


What causes the pink?
free polyribosomes (RNA) for making HEMOGLOBIN


Hemoglobin
True or False

Erythroblasts have heterochromatin.
False

EUCHROMATIN (widely dispersed)

when the erythroblast matures the chromatin becomes CLUMPED =>> Heterochromatin
When does an erythroblast become a RETICULOCYTE?

Does it have cytoplasmic RNA?
nucleus is expelled


yes RNA is still present and can be stained
List the 4 stages of erythrocytes.

PERE
Proerythroblast

Erythroblast

Reticulocyte

Erythrocyte
What is the largest cell in the erythrocyte stages.
Proerythroblast (pronormoblast)
True or False

Proerythroblast has euchromatin.
True

Euchromatin = finely dispersed chromatin

(heterochromatin = condensed)
Describe the 3 phases of Erythroblast maturation coloring
Basophilic (early)

polychromatophilic (middle)
-pink and blue

Normochromatic (late) orthochromatophilic
-cytoplasm is pink
-nucleus is pyknotic and about to be expelled
In a reticulocyte what is used to make ribosomes to form a web or reticulum that stains?
Brilliant Cresyl Blue
Where are reticulocytes found?
2 days in the bone marrow

exist in blood for ONLY 24 hours
True or False

Reticulocytes have a small nucleus present.
FALSE

they have no nucleus present

nucleus was ejected out in erythroblast
True or False

Erythrocytes contain nothing but hemoglobin and mitochondria.
FALSE

ONLY HEMOGLOBIN is found in erythrocytes

there are no nucleus, organelles OR MITOCHONDRIA!!
Describe the Thrombocytic series of cell development.
Myeloid cell --> megakaryocyte --> platelet
Biggest blood cell (size)
Megakaryocyte
The megakaryoblast undergoes ? several time in order to become a large cell with a large, single, lobed nucleus.
Endomitosis

(incomplete mitosis)
In circulating blood the disk shape of a platelet (thrombocyte) is due to a peripheral bundle of ?
microtubules
In the platelet(thrombocyte) describe the staining/structure

(2 regions)
PERIPHERAL -- hyalomere (not stained)

CENTRAL -- Granulomere (stained with 3 kinds of granules)
Describe the 3 types of granulomeres found in Platelets (thrombocytes)
Alpha granules
-growth factor
-FIBRINOGEN

Delta Granules (dense bodies)
- Ca2+
-ATP, ADP
-SEROTONIN

Lambda Granules
-lysosomes
? are concerned with blood coagulation, clot formation, retraction and removal, and inflammation
Platelets
What is a platelet life span?
10 days
Describe the maturation stages of the Granulocytic series.
Myeloblast

Promyelocyte

Myelocyte

Metamyelocyte

Band

Segmented
True or False

Myeloblast is a large cell with NO GRANULES and may have multiple nucleoli.
True
True or False

Promyelocyte (progranulocyte) are the LARGEST CELL in the granulocytic series and have NON-SPECIFIC granules.
True
What are the non-specific granules found in promyelocytes?
Lysosomes
When do Specific Granules appear in the granulocytic maturation series?
Myelocyte
True or False

Myelocyte is Last Stage capable mitosis?
True
Describe a metamyelocyte structure
Nucleus is more deeply indented

overall cell size is smaller than myelocyte
Describe the Band stage of granulocytic maturation.
Nucleus is U or horseshoe-shaped

CONDENSED chromatin

Specific GRANULES more CONSPICUOUS

azurophil granules reduced
Describe the Segmented stage of granulocytic maturation.
multilobed nucleus

eosinolphils bilobed

neutrophils have 3-4 lobes
At what stage are Basophils made in the granulocytic maturation?
Myelocyte
In females, the Barr Body, a condensed X chromosome is visible on the nuclei of ?
Neutrophils
Name all granulocyte cells
Basophils

Eosinophils

Neutrophils
What is the first cell to arrive at a site of inflammation
neutrophils
REMEMBER

neutrophils are called MICROPHAGES
REMEMBER

neutrophils are called MICROPHAGES
What do Neutrophilic granules contain?
alkaline phosphatase

collagenase

lactoferrin

lysozyme
Azurophil granules are also known as ?
NON-SPECIFIC granules

lysosomes
What do neutrophil Azurophil granules (nonspecific granules) contain?
acid phosphatase (lysosomes)

elastase
collegenase
myeloperoxidase
lysozyme
What are the first things that are discharged into into a PHAGOSOME in a neutrophil?
Neutrophilic granules (specific granules)

after this occurs...

AZUROPHILIC GRANULES injected into the phagosome
What forms pus?
neutrophils
In eosionophils, the specific granules are ?

Non-specific (azurophil) granules are ?
lysosomes
-contain ACID PHOSPHATASE

HISTAMINASE (inactivates histamine)

>>>crystalline interstitium (parasitic worms)


nonspecific => typical lysosomes
Describe Basophil specific granules
same as Mast cells

HISTAMINE
Heparin
Heparan sulfate
Leukotrienes
What causes the blue stain of basophils?
Heparin
heparan sulfate

sulfated GLYCOAMINOGLYCANS
Both Mast cells and Basophils are from ? stem cells but the progenitor cells are different.
CD34+
True or False

Basophils emerge from marrow fully mature.
True
True or false

Mast cells emerge from the marrow fully mature
FALSE

Mast cell precursor circulates in blood

=> goes INTO TISSUE and becomes a mast cell!!!
What is derived from Monocytes?
Mononuclear Phagocytic system
True or False

Monocyte cytoplasm is gray with fine azurophil (non-specific) granules which are lysosomes
True
What are the only types of Leukocytes (WBC) that have receptors for specific antigens?
Lymphocytes

(except for NK cells --nonspecific)
True or False

Small lymphocytes are typically reactive/activated cells
False

LARGE lymphocytes are typically reactive/activated cells
True or False

All lymphocytes can have a few azurophil granules (lysosomes)
True
What type of T cells are used for virus/tumor/transport response?
Cytotoxic CD8+ cells
What T-cells are used to induce and amplify immune response against foreign antigens?
Helper CD4+ Cells
CELLULAR immunity cells against virus-infected and or tumor cells with receptors for specific antigens
T-lymphocytes
HUMORAL immunity with receptors (antibodies) for specific antigens of organisms or cells
B-lymphocytes
When stimulated, B-lymphocytes become ? cells
Plasma Cells
What are the 3 lymphocyte types?
T-lymphocytes

B-lymphocytes

NK-Cells
Cellular immunity against viral infected and/or tumor cells

(notice that its not RECEPTORS FOR SPECIFIC ANTIGENS)
NK-cells
True or False

NK cells are similar to T cells and have receptors for specific antigens
FALSE

THEY DO NOT HAVE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS!!!
Name the types of lymphocyte based on greatest to least amount
T-lymphocytes

B-lymphocytes

NK-cells
What is the ONLY lymphocyte that has AZUROPHILIC GRANULES?
NK Cells