Chapter 6 - Monocytic and lymphocytic series

Question 1

What do monocytes originate from?

Answer 1

From the same stem cells as granulocytes

Question 2

What are the stages in development of a monocyte?

Answer 2

Monoblast
promonocyte
monocyte
macrophage

Question 3

What are the stages of maturation in lymphocytes?

Answer 3

Lymphoblast
 prolymphocyte 
small lymphocyte 
large lymphocyte 
B lymphocytes(plasma cell)/T lymphocytes

Question 4

What are some characteristics of a lymphoblast

Answer 4

No granules

hard to distinguish from a myeloblast or monoblast

Question 5

What are the two types of mature lymphocytes in peripheral blood?

Answer 5

B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes

Question 6

Where to b lymphocytes derive from?

Where do T lymphocytes derive from?

Answer 6

Bone marrow

Thymus

Question 7

What do B lymphocytes become?

Answer 7

Plasma cells

Question 8

What is the plasma cell responsible for?

Answer 8

Antibody production

Question 9

What is the T cell the primary defense for?

Answer 9

Viral and fungal infections

Question 10

What are the two types of T cells?

Answer 10

CD4 T helper cell

CD8 cytotoxic cell

Question 11

What do lymphocytes natural killer cells defend against?

Answer 11

Viruses

Question 12

What is the primary method used to determine cd markers?

Answer 12

Flow cytometry