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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 shape are blood cells?
It depends on d type of cell;white blood cell and blood platelets are amoeboid in shape;red blood cell is round and biconcave in shape
What is the tiny cell fragments in blood?
White blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
What type of cell lives within already formed bones?
Osteocytes
What are small cell fragments that aid in blood clotting?
platelets
What is the smallest formed elements in the blood and they play important role in the blood clotting?
Platelets, or thrombocytes, are the smallest formed element in the blood. Made of cell fragments, platelets are part of the blood clotting process. Non-formed clotting factors also are critical to blood clotting.thrombocytes
What formed element is the first to play a role in sealing an injury to a blood vessel?
Platelets are the formed elements that have a role in blood clotting, and would seal an injury to a vessel walls. The platelets are cell fragments. Platelets are also known as thrombocytes.
What do the formed elements of the blood include and which are cell fragments?
The formed elements of blood are red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets (thrombocytes). Thrombocytes are the formed element that is actually a cell fragment. Platelets are important in blood clotting.
What is an antiplatelet?
Antiplatelet drugs interact with platelets, which is a type of blood cell, to block platelets from aggregating into harmful clots.
How are the formed elements of blood related?
The formed elements of blood are related in that they are all the cells or cell fragments that comprise the solid portion of blood, and they arise from the same type of stem cell. The formed elements of blood are red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets (thrombocytes).
What part of the pathway to produce platelets is shared with other formed elements?
hematopoietic stem cell (hemocytoblast)
Are red blood cells and white blood cells platelets?
No white blood cells are not the part of platelets. Lymphocytes are originated from Lymphoid stem cells and function in specific immune reaction, Whereas platelets are formed by myeloid stem cell and involved in blood clotting and inflammation.
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 is the smallest formed element in the blood?
Thrombocytes are the smallest formed elements in the blood. In my Medical Terminology book, it says "The smallet formed elements found in blood are platelets. Although they are sometimes called thrombocytes, they are not true cells, as the term erroneously suggests, but merely fragments of cells."
What are the characteristics and functions of platelets?
Platelets are a certain type of cell present uniformly in the bloodstream. Platelets are responsible for the healing action of injuries and the provision of fibrin threads to seal the wounds. Platelets are red in color and oval in shape.
Do platelets contain mitochondria?
No, platelets do not have a nucleus. They're known as anucleur cells.
What is the job of the platlets?
Blood platelets are a type of blood cell. Their main job is in clotting.
