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what 2 groups can leucocytes be defined as |
granulocytes: have granules in their cytoplasm non-granulocytes : do not have granules in their cytoplasm |
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neutrophils: what are they how many function |
65% granulocytes with granules stained with acid red and basic blue dyes have the power to engulf and digest foreign particles and bacteria |
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basophils: what are they how many function |
1% granulocytes with granules stained with basic blue dye produce herapin and histamine they are a circulating mast cell |
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Eosinophils: what are they how many function |
4% they are stained with acid red dye
they are increased in allergic reactions e.g. asthma have antihistamine properties they damped the mast cell effect ( anaphylactic shock) |
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Lymphocytes: what are they how many function |
25% non granulocytes contain the largest nucleus for the cell size they travel in between blood and lymph every few hours important in humoral and meditated immunity B AND T CELLS |
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Monocytes what are they how many function |
5% non-granulocytes actively phagocytic cell with kidney shaped nucleus in later stages of infection they remove dead bacteria and debris the wound heals only after this has occurred. |
