Blood cells

Question 1

Erythr/o/cytes

Answer 1

red / cells

• made in bone marrow
• contain hem/o/globin - blood / protein
• function is to carry O2 from lungs thru blood to body cells

Question 2

leuk/o/cytes

Answer 2

cell that is white

1. granulocytes - formed in bone marrow
2. agranulocytes - formed in lymph nodes, bone marrow & spleen

Question 3

5 Leukocytes:
Never
Let
Monkeys
Eat 
Bananas

Answer 3

neutrophil
lymphocyte
monocyte
eosinophil
basophil

Question 4

neutrophils

Answer 4

phag/o/cytes - cells that eat/swallow

Question 5

lymphocytes

Answer 5

lymph nodes & spleen

- produce antibodies

Question 6

mon/o/cytes

Answer 6

cell with one large nucleus

- phagocytic - engulf & destroy cellular debris

Question 7

thromb/o/cytes

Answer 7

formed in bone marrow

- cells that clot (the blood)