Small leukocytes refer to a type of white blood cell that is smaller in size compared to other leukocytes. These can include lymphocytes and some types of monocytes, which play crucial roles in the immune response. A higher or lower count of small leukocytes can indicate various health conditions, including infections or immune disorders. The size and type of leukocytes can provide important diagnostic information in medical evaluations.
What is the chief function of leukocytes?
Leukocytes make antibodies.
The common name for leukocytes is white blood cells.
That's true. A lymphocyte is one particular type of leukocyte. There are quite a few different types of leukocytes.
Leukocytes is the plural of leukocyte
Hematocrit is not an abbreviation. It is the ratio of plasma and the formed elements leukocytes, thrombocytes and erythrocytes.
Leukocytes in the urine are not always a diagnosis of infection present, the amount and degree of leukocytes present is key. +1 +2 or +3 leukocytes indicate bacteria are growing. Higher numbers may be present in people when there is a UTI or several other conditions: such as cancer, kidney infection, and cystitis, urethritis, or contamination, vaginal secretion. Usually when leukocytes are found, the patient's symptoms suggest what to do next. Often, a course of antibiotics is given as a first line treatment when infection is suspected, and nothing more is done if the antibiotics work.
Leukocytes is infection. Urobilinogen is blood in the urine. It sounds like you was performing a test for a urine infection. If either of these 2 are positive then you have a UTI or possible Kidney infection if blood is found in urine.
Leukocytes don't eat good bacteria which is helpful and does good things to the body. Leukocytes eat bad bacteria which is harmful and makes people sick.
abnormally high number of immature leukocytes
Chemotaxis
The other name of wbc's is leukocytes.