Leukocytes Ch 15

Question 1

Leukocyte (WBC)

Answer 1

A white blood cell

Question 2

leuk/o

Answer 2

White

Question 3

leukocytopoiesis or leucopoiesis

Answer 3

the production of white blood cells

Question 4

Macrophage

Answer 4

a large cell that destroys by eating

Question 5

macr/o

Answer 5

large

Question 6

phage

Answer 6

eating

Question 7

phagocyte

Answer 7

a cell that eats; the formal definition is a leukocyte that ingests foreign material

Question 8

granulocyte

Answer 8

a cell that contains prominent grain like structures in its cytoplasm

Question 9

agranulocyte

Answer 9

a cell that does not contain prominent grain like structures in its cytoplasm

Question 10

basophilic

Answer 10

means stained readily with basic, or blue, dyes in many commonly used stains such as hematoxylin and eosin (H&E), Giemsa, and Wright’s.

Question 11

eosinophilic

Answer 11

means stained readily with acidic, or pink, dyes in many commonly used stains such as H&E, Giemsa, and Wright’s

Question 12

thrombocyte

Answer 12

a nucleated clotting cell (non mammalian vertebrates)

Question 13

platelet

Answer 13

an anucleated clotting cell (mammals)

Question 14

megakaryocyte

Answer 14

a large nucleated cell found in the bone marrow from which platelets are formed