5968191044 | Function | crucial in body defense | 0 | |
5968193448 | Amount of WBC | 4,800-10,800/mm3 | 1 | |
5968197673 | Structure | Contains nucleus and organells | 2 | |
5968200121 | Diapedesis | Capable of this where it can slip out of the blood vessel | 3 | |
5968203849 | Granulocytes | Granule containing WBC, lobed nuclei, all phagocytic to some degree | 4 | |
5968208765 | Agranulocytes | Lack visible cytoplasmic granules, spherical, oval, kidney shaped nuclei | 5 | |
5968218818 | Neutrophils | Most abundant, multilobed nucleus, cytoplasm looks pink, avid phagocytes to acute infection area. | 6 | |
5968225798 | Eosinophils | Nucleus like a phone, rich cytoplasmic granules, attack parasitic worm infection, release cytoplasmic granules onto parasite surface therefore digesting it | 7 | |
5968233543 | Basophils | Rarest of WBC, contains histamine which is released to make blood vessels and attracts other WBC to inflammatory site | 8 | |
5968244270 | Lymphocytes | Large dark purple nucleus, resides in lymphatic tissues | 9 | |
5968246997 | Monocytes | Largest WBC, kidney shaped nucleus, turns into macrophages when it migrates to tissue, fights chronic infections | 10 | |
5968256206 | Leukemia | A group of cancerous conditions that involves overproduction of abnormal WBC's that are non function. Impaires normal red bone marrow, fatal is untreated. | 11 | |
5968266140 | Infectious Mononucleosis | Viral disease which involves excessive number of agranulocytes that are atypical | 12 |
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