Blood Cells

Question 1

Eosinophils

( white blood cell)

Answer 1

(granules stain red [eosin/o = rosy] with acidic stain)

are increased in number in allergic conditions such as asthma.

Question 2

Basophils

Answer 2

(granules stain blue with basic [bas/o = basic] stain).
increases in the healing phase of inflammation. Less than 1% of leukocytes are basophils.

Question 3

Neutrophils

Answer 3

(granules stain a
pale purple with neutral stain)

-the most important disease-fighting cells and the most numerous.

About 50% to 60% of all leukocytes are neutrophils

referred to as “polys,” or polymorphonuclear leukocytes (poly = many, morph/o = shape)

Question 4

Lymphocytes (lymph cells)

Answer 4

fight disease by producing antibodies, thereby destroying foreign cells. They also may attach directly to foreign cells and destroy them.

Question 5

Monocytes (containing one [mon/o = one] very large nucleus)

Answer 5

engulf and destroy cellular debris after neutrophils have attacked foreign cells.

Question 6

Granulocytes leukocytes formed in the bone marrow.

Answer 6

Eosinophils - rosy
Basophils - blue
Neutrophils -purple

Question 7

Mononuclear leukocytes

one large nucleus (mononuclear)
They are produced in bone marrow, as well as in lymph nodes and the spleen.

Answer 7

Lymphocytes produce antibodies to destroy foreign cells

Monocytes engulf and destroy cellular debris

Question 8

(clotting cells)
tiny fragments of cells formed in the bone marrow and are necessary for blood clotting.

Answer 8

THROMBOCYTES or PLATELETS