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What are the ancestral cell of platelets?
Megakaryocyte
What is the ancestral cell of platelets?
megakaryocyte
What is the definition of ancestral cell of platelets?
This is known as a megakaryocyte.
Platelet precursor formed in the bone marrow?
The precursor cell to blood platelets are megakaryocyte precursor (MkP) cells in the bone marrow.
Can platelets divide?
Hematopoietic stem cellprecursor cells in the bone marrow when reaches megakaryocyte stage it loses its ability to divide.Once the cell has completed differentiation and become a mature megakaryocyte, it begins the process of producing platelets.
What is megakaryocytei?
Megakaryocyte is a bone marrow cell. This cell is responsible for the production of blood thrombocytes, also known as platelets. These platelets are necessary for blood clotting.
Responsible for clotting of blood?
Platelets, also known as thrombocytes or megakaryocyte fragments, are responsible for blood clotting.
Why should platelets not be called cells?
Platelets are pieces of a larger cell called a megakaryocyte. They are not individual cells.
Are megakaryocytes a type of cell?
largest cell found in the bone marrow, and it forms platelets by shedding pieces of its cytoplasm (also called "cytoplasmic fragmentation").
What large Cell breaks into cytoplasmic fragments that become platelets?
Another said that it is a bizarre Multinucleate Cell called a Megakaryocyte. Also we find - Myeloid Stem Cells.
Where is a megakaryocyte located?
Magakaryocytes are normally found only in the bone marrow, releasing their contents (platelets) into the blood. However, in certain disorders, MDS for example, they can be found abnormally in the blood (in this case as micromegakaryocytes).
In formation of blood cells the megakaryoblast ultimately develops into?
The megakaryoblast undergoes endomitoses (the nucleus becomes polyploid and the cell does not divide) and ultimately develops into megakaryocyte. The successive stages are Megakaryoblast -> Promegakaryocyte -> Megakaryocyte Megakaryocyte produces thrombocytes, that is fragments of megakraryocyte' cytoplasm.
