Hemapoiesis Review Flashcards
Give the time period for liver phase.
1-9 months
Name two adult loci for blood development
Myeloid tissue in bone, lymphoid tissue
What is the characteristic shape of megakaryocyte?
Lobed, polyploidy nucleus (32-64N)
Thromopoiesis
Give 5 stage of developmental sequence.
Where does it reside permanently? (it = megakaryocytes)
(nucleus)
MEP -> CFU-Meg -> Megakaryoblast -> Megakaryocyte -> Platelets
Bone marrow
Give the time period for adult phase.
4+ months
Give the time period for spleen phase.
3-6.5 months
What cells do megakaryocytes give rise to?
platelets
What characteristic feature do you see on megakaryocytes’ cytoplasm?
Demarcation channels
Give the time period for Yolk-Sac phase.
Conception – 3 months
What kind of cells forms blood islands in wall of yolk sac seeding numerous CFUs?
Embryonic mesoderm (mesenchymes)
What does monophyletic theory hold?
All blood cells arise from a huge common stem cell called HSC (hemopoietic stem cell)
Iron in hemoglobin is retrieved by spleen as what?
Ferritin
Heme is secreted as what by gall bladder.
bilirubin
Give 4 stages of monocyte development.
CFU-GM -> Promonocyte -> Monocyte -> Tissue-specific macrophages
Give 4 general features of erythropoiesis.
Decrease in cell size, increase in heterochromatin, progressive loss of cytoplasmic organelles,
accumulation of cytoplasmic hemoglobin
At what stage does mitosis stop?
Metamyelocyte (first non-mitotic stage)
At what stage do you start to not see nucleoli?
Myelocyte
Give 4 different types of macrophages!
Lung – alveolar macrophages, Liver – Kupffer cells, Bone – osteoclasts, Loose CT – tissue macrophages