Blood cell development

Question 1

2 places where blood cells are made in body

Answer 1

placenta (before birth)

bone marrow

Question 2

how many blood cells about doo adults produce every second

Answer 2

2.3 million

Question 3

what do blood cells originate from

Answer 3

haematopoietic stem cells (in bone marrow)

Question 4

what’s formation/process of making rbc’s called

Answer 4

erythropoiesis

Question 5

what’s the formation of monocytes and granulocytes called

Answer 5

myelopoiesis

Question 6

what’s the formation of platelets called

Answer 6

thrombopoiesis

Question 7

what do megakarocytes produce

Answer 7

platelets (thrombocytes)

Question 8

3 things produced by myeloblasts

Answer 8

monocytes
neutrophils
eosinophil
basophil

Question 9

what do monocytes produce

Answer 9

macrophages

Question 10

where does erythropoiesis occur

Answer 10

bone marrow (after birth)

Question 11

what’s a mature rbc also known as

Answer 11

erythrocyte

Question 12

what colour cytoplasm do normoblasts have

Answer 12

dark blue

Question 13

e.gs of divisions normoblasts undergo as it develops into erythrocyte

Answer 13

gets smaller
increases amount of haemoglobin
loses RNA and protein synthesis apparatus

Question 14

where aren’t normoblasts found

Answer 14

in blood

Question 15

what do reticulocytes not contain

Answer 15

nuclear dna

Question 16

2 things rbc’s don’t contain

Answer 16

nuclear dna

rna in cytoplasm