normal wbc
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Morphology of Normal White Blood Cells
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Granulocytes
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Neutrophil
• PMN-Polymorphonuclear Leucocytes.• 60-70% WBC• Appearance: pink
granules in cytoplasm, nucleus has 3-4 lobes
• Function: Phagocytosis of bacteria
• Azurophilic (1°) granules are "lysosomes of PMNs", occur in all leukocytes
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Eosinophil (Eos)
• Bilobed nucleus• 2-4% of WBC• Recruited to sites of
inflammation• Function: Involved in
allergy, parasitic infections
• Contains: eosinophilic granules
• Granules contain: major basic protein
• Terminally differentiated
Azurophilic granuels
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Basophil
• Circulating form of mast cells
• Terminally differentiated• <1% WBC• Contains: basophilic
granules• Granules contain:
histamine and heparin• IgE receptors• Involved in allergy
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Monocyte/ Macrophage
Monocyte• 3-8% WBC• Circulating form (precursor) of
tissue macrophages• Recruited to sites of
inflammationMacrophages• Phagocytosis, bacterial killing,
antigen presentation• Peritoneal cavity: peritoneal
macrophages• Lung: alveolar macrophages• Spleen: splenic macrophages• Liver: Kupffer cells
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lymphocyte
•Appearance: small (same size as RBCs), little visible cytoplasm
•NO specific granules
• 20-25% of WBC
•T cells: CMI (for viral infections)
• B cells: humoral (antibody)
• Natural Killer Cells
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Granulocyte Development
• Trends:
• Immature Mature
• Large cell Small cell
• No granules Azurophilic (non-specific) granules Cell-specific granules
• Round nucleus indented nucleus U-shaped multilobed (specific for cell type)
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myeloblast
• 15-20 m• large, euchromatic,
spherical nucleus (>3 nucleoli)
• basophilic cytoplasm with no granules
• prominent nucleoli• can be seen in peripheral
blood with certain leukemias
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promyelocyte• First recognizable cell in
granulopoiesis– Cannot tell what kind of cell
it will become
• 17-26 um in diameter• Largest cell in series• Large oval nucleus• Muliple nucleoli• Golgi Ghost• Azurophilic (primary)
granules in cytoplasm– Produced only at this stage
nucleoli
Azurophilic granuels
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Myelocyte (M1)
• Spherical nucleus– Becomes increasingly
heterochromatic• Prominent Golgi
apparatus– Negative image– Lots of azurophilic
granules• Formation of specific
granules– Emerge from Golgi (cis
face) complex– Characteristic staining
reactions for each line• Last stage that can do
mitosis
Late Myelocyte/ Early Metamyelocyte
Neutraphil myelocyte
Eosinophil myelocyte
golgi
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Metamyelocyte (M2)
• First stage that is clearly divided into separate lines
• Few hundred granules present in the cytoplasm
• Specific granules outnumber the azurophlic granules 4:1
• Nucleus – Heterochromatic– Indentation deepens to
form horse-shoe shape
Late neutraphilic metamylocyte
Neutraphilic metamylocytes
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Band Cells (M3)
• Last immature stage in Neutrophilic series
• Sometimes seen in circulation– Particularly during states of
chronic infection
• Nucleus is elongated and of uniform width
• Nucleus constricts – 2-5 lobes are formed– PMNs
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