Mast cells and basophils

Question 1

Mast cells and basophils

Answer 1

• Major cells in the early phases of inflammation and hypersensitivity reactions.
• Cellular bags of granules located in the loose connective tissues close to the blood vessels near the bodies surface (Skin), GI/digestive lining, and respiratory tracts.
• Contain histamine, cytokines, and chemotaxic factors
• Chemicals are released in two ways and they release things like histamine, leukotrienes, prostaglandins, and platelet activating factor: degranulation and synthesis.

Question 2

Degranulation

Answer 2

The release of contents of mast cells granules

Question 3

Synthesis

Answer 3

The new production and release of mediators in response to a stimulus