Cell Types

Question 1

erythrocytes

Answer 1

red blood cells, made in the bone marrow, they carry oxygen from the lungs through the blood and deliver it to all body cells

Question 2

hemoglobin

Answer 2

an important protein in an erythrocyte, carries oxygen through the bloodstream

Question 3

leukocytes

Answer 3

white blood cell, 5 different leukocytes

Question 4

granulocytes

Answer 4

contains dark staining granules in their cytoplasm, 3 different types of granulocytes

Question 5

eosinophils

Answer 5

a granulocyte, their granules stain red with an acidic stain, increased in number in allergic reactions

Question 6

basophils

Answer 6

a granulocyte, their granules stain blue with a basic stain, their purpose is not clear, but they increase during the healing phase of inflammation

Question 7

neutrophils (polymorphonuclear leukocytes-polys)

Answer 7

a granulocyte, their granules stain a pale purple with a neutral stain, they are the most important disease fighting cells and are the most numerous

Question 8

mononuclear cells

Answer 8

have 1 large nucleus and have only a few granules in their cytoplasm. They are produced in the bones marrow, spleen, and lymph nodes. There are 2 types.

Question 9

lymphocytes

Answer 9

a mononuclear cell, they fight disease by producing antibodies, destroying foreign cells. 2 types of lymphocytes T and B cells.

Question 10

monocytes

Answer 10

a mononuclear cell, engulf a destroy cellular debris after neutrophils have attacked.

Question 11

phagocytes

Answer 11

are neutrophils that engulf and digest bacteria like pac-men.

Question 12

macropahges

Answer 12

monocytes leave the bloodstream and enter tissue (liver and lungs) to become macrophages, largest phagocytes

Question 13

thrombocytes or plattlets

Answer 13

clotting cells, the 3rd type of blood cell, tiny fragments of cells formed in the bones marrow and are necessary for clotting.