STAGES OF MEGAKARYOCYTE DEVELOPMENT

Question 1

1 (20 – 50 u

Answer 1

Megakaryoblast

Question 2

2 (20 – 80 u)

Answer 2

Promegakaryocytes

Question 3

2 or more (40
– 120 u)

Answer 3

Megakaryocyte (MK-III)

Question 4

4 or more

Answer 4

Metamegakaryocyte

Question 5

-Present
-Bluish with blunt cytoplasmic protrusions

Answer 5

Megakaryoblast

Question 6

-No granules

Answer 6

Megakaryoblast

Question 7

Present
-With blunt cytoplasmic

Answer 7

Promegakaryocytes

Question 8

-With demarcating membrane system (DMS): to provide cytoplasm for plt

Answer 8

Promegakaryocytes

Question 9

-Red pink granules

Answer 9

Promegakaryocytes

Question 10

-Few granules

Answer 10

Promegakaryocytes

Question 11

-Usually absent

Answer 11

Megakaryocyte

Question 12

-Coarse clumps of granules aggregating into little bundles which bud off from the periphery

Answer 12

Megakaryocyte

Question 13

-Numerous granules

Answer 13

Megakaryocyte

Question 14

-Absent

Answer 14

Metamegakaryocyte

Question 15

-Aggregated granules

Answer 15

Metamegakaryocyte

Question 16

-Multiple nuclei with 1 nucleus

Answer 16

Megakaryoblast

Question 17

-With fine chromatin

Answer 17

Megakaryoblast

Question 18

-Overlapping nuclear lobes

Answer 18

Megakaryoblast

Question 19

-2 nuclear lobes

Answer 19

Promegakaryocytes

Question 20

-Multiple nuclei with 2 or more nucleus

Answer 20

Megakaryocyte

Question 21

4 or more

Answer 21

Metamegakaryocyte

Question 22

NO THROMBOCYTES VISIBLE

Answer 22

Megakaryoblast
Promegakaryocytes
Megakaryocyte

Question 23

WITH THROMBOCYTES VISIBLE

Answer 23

Metamegakaryocyte