Monopoiesis Flashcards
1
Q
immature monocyte cells
A
Monoblast
2
Q
nucleus of monocyte
A
round, horse-shoe, shaped or lobulated, usually w. some degree of folding or convultions
3
Q
chromatin of monocyte
A
“lace-like”
4
Q
cytoplasm of monocyte
A
abundant, gray blue,indisctinct
5
Q
granules present in cytoplasm of monocyte
A
azure dust or ground glass appearance
6
Q
increase in number of monocytes
- TB
- Endocarditis
- Protozoal Infections
A
Monocytosis
7
Q
decrease in no. of monocytes
-Aplastic anemia
A
Monocytopenia
8
Q
most abundant cells in the body
A
Marcophages
9
Q
size of macophages
A
30 um or less
10
Q
- “tissue basophils”
- its granules contain histamine & heparin
A
mast cells
11
Q
size of mast cells
A
12-25 um
12
Q
stain for mast cells
A
Toluidine blue
13
Q
synthesizes new bone matrix
- “water bug”/ comet appearance
A
Osteoblasts
14
Q
inside the bone marrow
-large, multinucleated
A
Osteoclasts
15
Q
3 morphologically identifiable stage of
A
- Megkaryoblast
- Promegakaryocyte
- Megakaryocyte
