MODULE 2 UNIT 1 INTRO TO HEMATOPOIESIS Flashcards
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the process of cellular formation, proliferation, differentiation and maturation of blood cells.
Hematopoiesis
is generally categorized as primitive or definitive.
Hematopoiesis
occurs in the embryo during the first two weeks and lasts up to the eighth week of gestation. It is the time when the blood cells produced are mostly primitive erythrocytes.
Primitive hematopoiesis
occurs on the eighth week until adulthood. In this stage, different blood cells are produced which can be distinguished morphologically and functionally thus the term definitive.
Definitive hematopoiesis
• “Yolk sac phase”
Mesoblastic Phase
• Begins around 19th day of embryologic development
Mesoblastic Phase
Mesoblastic Phase
• PRIMARY SITE OF HEMATOPOIESIS: [?] (Hematopoiesis occurs intravascularly)
Blood islands of the YOLK SAC
i. Cells of the yolk sac
- Mesodermal cells
- Angioblasts
Develop to primitive erythroblasts
- Mesodermal cells
Forms the future blood vessels
- Angioblasts:
BLOOD CELL/S FORMED in MESOBLASTIC PHASE
(1st month of embryonic development)
Erythroblasts
BLOOD CELL/S FORMED: Mesoblastic Phase
Erythroblasts (1st month of embryonic development)
Embryogenic hemoglobins are formed:
i. [?] (2 zeta chains & 2 epsilon chains)
ii. [?] (2 zeta chains & 2 gamma chains)
iii. -?] (2 alpha chains & 2 epsilon chains)
- Gower I
- Portland
- Gower II
▪ Begins at around 5-7 gestational weeks
Hepatic Phase
▪ PRIMARY SITE/S OF HEMATOPOIESIS: FETAL LIVER
Hepatic Phase
• Becomes the primary site of hematopoiesis during the 3rd month of fetal development
• Retains minimal activity up to 1-2 weeks after birth
Liver
• First fully developed organ in the fetus
• Becomes the major site of T cell production
Thymus
• Production of B lymphocytes
Spleen & Kidneys
gradually decreases granulocytic production and involves itself solely in lymphopoiesis
Spleen
BLOOD CELL/S FORMED: Hepatic Phase
• Erythrocytes still in production
• Granulocytes & Megakaryocytes (3rd month of gestation)
• Lymphocytes (4th month of gestation)
• Monocytes (5th month of gestation)
FETAL HEMOGLOBIN (4th month of gestation) is the PREDOMINANT HEMOGLOBIN but detectable levels of adult hemoglobin may be present
i. HbF: 2 alpha & 2 gamma chains
• Begins prior to the 5th month of development
Myeloid Phase
• PRIMARY SITE/S OF HEMATOPOIESIS: BONE MARROW (end of 6th month)
Myeloid Phase
Hematopoiesis occurs inside the medulla of the bone (where the bone marrow is located)
“Medullary hematopoiesis”