INTRO TO HEMA Flashcards
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Non nucleated blood cells that circulate at 150 to 400 x 109/L, with average counts slightly higher in women than in men and slightly lower in both sexes went over 65 years old
Platelet
Lifespan of platelet is
8 to 10 days
Platelets arise from unique bone marrow cells called ______. It is the largest cell in the bone marrow and is polyploid, possessing multiple chromosome copies
Megakaryocytes
Each megakaryocyte generally produces between ______ platelets
2000 to 4000
The maturation of the cells of the megakaryocytic system has been divided into three stages, namely
From least the most mature;
Megakaryoblast
Promegakaryocytes
Megakaryocytes
•Earliest recognizable stage under light microscope
•14-18 um
•N:C ratio is 3:1
Megakaryoblast
•15-40 um in diameter
•Nuclear Lobulation begins
•The cytoplasm has visible, bluish-stained granules
•N:C ratio is 1:2
Promegakaryocyte
• Largest Cell in BM
• Do not undergo endomitosis
• Ranging up to 160 u in size
•nucleoli are no longer visible
•occasionally pseudopod/irregular boarder
•N/C ratio = 1:1 - 1:12
Megakaryocyte
Process when megakaryocytes issuing a long, slender cytoplasmic processes between endothelial cells and into the sinusoidal lumen
Pro platelet processes or bone plated processes
Shape of platelet
,- Disk shaped or circular to irregular, lavender and granular and the wright stain wedge preparation
- biconcave - in vitro
- pseudopod - activated
normal value of platelets
150-450 x 10⁹/L
Four anatomical areas of platelets
- Peripheral zone
- Sol gel zone
- Organelle zone
- Membranous system
Growth factors affecting platelet production
• GM-CSF
• IL-3
• IL-6
• C-KIT LIGAND
• THROMBOPOEITIN
Hematopoietic cell growth factor
GM-CSF
Proliferation of hematopoietic progenitors
IL-3
Megakaryocyte maturation
IL -6
-Also known as stem cell factor, mast cell growth factor, and steel factor
- major regulator of platelet formation
-95% is produced by the liver
-increases the number and rate of maturation of megakaryocytes
Thrombopoietin
Layers of the peripheral zone
a. Glycocalyx
b. Plasma membrane
c. Submembranous area
External surface of the platelet; important inflated reaction with thrombin, vWF and fibrinogen
Glycocalyx
Lies beneath the glycocalyx;
Arachidonic acid is the major component
Plasma membrane