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IF you want to observe WBCs in microscope you will have to stain the blood with either methylene orange or Iodine solution.

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What kind of microscope would you use to observe organelles of a white blood cell?

You would use an electron microscope to view a Golgi apparatus.


If you observe a drop of blood under a microscope which cells would you be observing?

Blood cells. The largest compartment of blood cells are the red blood cells (also called erythrocytes), but you would also see white blood cells (including lymphocytes and phagocytes) and some platelets.


Are red and white and light purple a blood cell?

Mammals only have red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Platelets may appear purple under the microscope because of the stains used - but they are not referred to as 'purple blood cells'. Some white blood cells (eg. neutrophils and eosinophils) may also appear pink and/or light purple when stained with conventional stains (eg. H&E stain) - the nucleus is usually the most purple area of these cells. However, they are still white blood cells (despite looking pink/purple).


How does H and E stain normal blood cells look like under microscope?

With an H&E stain, red blood cells look like red doughnuts - round with a depression in the middle like a jelly doughnut with the filling slurped out. The white blood cells are light pink, roughly circular, with a dark purple-blue nucleus. Depending upon the type of white blood cell, there may also be bright red or blue-purple granular structures in the cytoplasm. The platelets are visible as light pink amorphous structures.


Leukocytes are stained and counted under a microscope to see numbers of mature and immature forms?

white blood cell differential

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What kind of microscope would you use to observe organelles of a white blood cell?

You would use an electron microscope to view a Golgi apparatus.


If you observe a drop of blood under a microscope which cells would you be observing?

Blood cells. The largest compartment of blood cells are the red blood cells (also called erythrocytes), but you would also see white blood cells (including lymphocytes and phagocytes) and some platelets.


How do white blood cell look like under microscope?

Follow the link bellow to see a white blood cell


How can you tell the difference between a red and white blood cell through a microscope?

white blood cells have a nucleus and red blood cell doesnt


What is the difference between physical appearance of red and white blood cells under the microscope?

red blood cells are erythrocytes while white blood cells are lymphocytes.


Are red and white and light purple a blood cell?

Mammals only have red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Platelets may appear purple under the microscope because of the stains used - but they are not referred to as 'purple blood cells'. Some white blood cells (eg. neutrophils and eosinophils) may also appear pink and/or light purple when stained with conventional stains (eg. H&E stain) - the nucleus is usually the most purple area of these cells. However, they are still white blood cells (despite looking pink/purple).


When white light passes through a triangular prism it changes?

When white light passes through a prism it separates into its component wavelengths that we observe as colours.


Blue red and green light are all present in what color of light?

Blue, red, and green light are all present in white light. One can observe this by shining a white light through a prism.


How can you observe the spectrum in the lab?

You can split white light using a prism or a diffraction grating.


What is the difference between a compound microscope and a light microscopes?

light microscopes shoe only black and white pictures. When a compound microscope shows color when you look through the eye-piece.


Explain how colored light can be produced from white light Speculate on what you would observe if white light is passed through colored filters?

I DONT KNOW THE AMSWER, BUT THE UPSIDE ONE IS FULL TRASH!!!


What type of disease is leucemia?

Leukemia is a cancer of the white cells in the blood. So many are made that under a microscope the slide appears to be mostly white cells. It is usually mostly red cells. The word means leuk- (white) + -emia (blood) or white blood.