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  1. Blood smear-Peripheral. Wright’s stain. This is a smear of peripheral blood illustrating erythrocytes, leukocytes (white blood cells), and platelets. Erythrocytes or red blood cells comprise the largest cell population or peripheral blood. These anucleated cells are approximately 7.5u in diameter and number about 5 million/ul. They are biconcave in shape and thus the central part of the cell appears lighter than the periphery. Leukocytes number approximately 7-10,000/ul. They utilize the vascular system for transport; however, their main functions are carried out in connective tissue. Platelets number about 250,000/ul.N: Neutrophils contain lots of membrane-bound granules in their cytoplasm, however, with this stain, they stain very pale lavender. They tend to have two to five nuclear lobes each connected by thin strands of chromatin. Neutrophils comprise about 70% of the leukocytes.E: Eosinophils have bi-lobed nuclei. The cytoplasm of these cells is filled with membrane-bound granules that stain pink. The granules tend to be about the same in size and shape. Eosinophils comprise about 1-3% of the leukocytes.B: Basophils have granules scattered about the cytoplasm. The granules are somewhat irregular in size and shape and tend to mask out the nucleus. Basophils comprise about 0.5-1% of the leukocytes.L: Lymphocytes are about the same size as the erythrocytes (red blood cells). The darkly staining nucleus almost fills the entire cell. There is a small rim of basophilic cytoplasm. Lymphocytes comprise about 20-30% of the leukocytes.M: Monocytes tend to be 2-3 times the size of erythrocytes. They have light-staining nuclei that are somewhat irregular in shape. Monocytes comprise about 3-8% of the leukocytes.P: Platelets are small fragments of cytoplasm surrounded by plasmalemma. They bud off from megakaryocytes located in the bone marrow.

  2. Thumbnails Menu Proerythroblast. The central cell in this image is a Proerythroblast (red arrow), one of the first identifiable stages of red cell development. The cytoplasm stains basophilic due to a number of ribosomes that will be involved in the production of hemoglobin. The nucleus, which occupies about 80% of the cell volume, contains fine chromatin and 1-2 nucleoli (yellow arrows). Note that with Wright’s stain, the nucleoli do not stain dark as with H & E. Wright’s stain colors DNA but not RNA. As a result, the nucleoli appears light with a thin rim of dark-staining material around it (this represents the nucleolar-associated DNA of the acrocentric chromosomes. The black arrow is indicating a polychromatophilic erythroblast (a later stage of development).

  3. 3 Proerythroblast. The central cell is another example of a proerythroblast (red arrow). The yellow arrows are pointing to nucleoli. Note the text of the previous image for a description of this developmental stage. The green arrow is indicating a polychromtophilic erythroblast and the black arrow is pointing to an eosinophilic myelocyte, a developmental stage of one of the leukocytes.

  4. Polychromatophilic Erythroblast. The black arrows are pointing to basophilic erythroblasts. These cells undergo several mitoses; some of the daughter cells differentiate into the next stage of development, Polychromatophilic Erythroblast (red arrow). Note that the cytoplasm appears somewhat gray. This is due the presence of hemoglobin that is being produced by the ribosomes. There are fewer ribosomes at this stage than previous stages, thus less blue and more pink = gray color. Note also that the nucleus is denser than previous stages.

  5. Polychromatophilic Erythroblast. Another image of a polychromatophilic erythroblast. Note the dense nucleus and gray cytoplasm. These cells undergo mitoses; some of the daughter cells differentiate into the next type, the orthochromatophilic erythroblast.

  6. Orthochromatophilic Erythroblast/ Reticulocyte.Orthochromatophilic Erythroblasts (red arrow) have a cytoplasmic color that approximates that of an erythrocyte. Thus nucleus initially is somewhat centrally located and very dense. It then moves to an eccentric position, becomes pyncnotic and then is extruded. Once the nucleus is lost, the cell is termed a Reticulocyte (blue arrow). It is not yet biconcave and thus lacks a central halo. It still contains a scant amount of RNA and thus stains positive with an RNA stain. After about 24 hours, all RNA is gone and the cell assumes a biconcave shape and is then termed an erythrocyte (black arrow). About 1% of the circulating red blood cells are reticulocytes.

  7. Myeloblast. The Myeloblast (red arrow) is one of the first recognizable stages in the development of granulocytes. The nucleus occupies about 50-60% of the cell volume. It has a fine chromatin pattern and 1 or 2 nucleoli (yellow arrows). No granules are present at this stage thus one cannot determine whether this cell will develop into a neutrophil, eosinophil, or basophil. The cytoplasm is basophilic due to the content of ribosomes. Present in this image are two orthochromatophilic erythroblasts (black arrows) and a reticulocyte (blue arrow). These cells undergo mitoses; some of the daughter cells differentiate into the next type, the promyelocyte.

  8. Promyelocyte. The characteristic feature of this stage is the presence of primary or azurophilic granules in the basophilic cytoplasm. One is still unable to determine whether this cell will develop into a neutrophil, eosinophil, or basophil. Like the myeloblast, the nucleus has a fine chromatin pattern and 1 or 2 nucleoli (yellow arrows). The cytoplasm is basophilic. Can you name the cell indicated by the black pointer??

  9. Promyelocyte. This is another image of a promyelocyte. The green arrows are pointing to the azurophilic granules; the yellow arrow to a nucleolus. This cell undergoes mitoses; some of the daughter cells will differentiate into the next stage, a myelocyte.

  10. Neutrophilic Myelocyte. An early stage of Myelocyte development is the production of secondary granules. The staining characteristic of these granules allows the identification of the cell as a neutrophilic myelocyte, eosinophilic myelocyte, or basophilic myelocyte. The central cell indicated by the green arrow is a neutrophilic myelocyte. The yellow arrow is pointing a light-staining area of the cell representing the Golgi apparatus producing neutrophilic granules. As the myelocyte becomes more differentiated, the secondary granules become more numerous, masking the azurophilic granules. The cell becomes somewhat smaller and the chromatin denser. Nucleoli are absent at this stage. The red arrows are pointing to three neutrophilic myelocytes.

  11. Neutrophilic Myelocyte. Two neutrophilic myelocytes are illustrated in this image. A few azurophilic granules can be visualized in the cytoplasm of the left cell. Note that the nucleus of the cell indicated by the black pointer is just beginning to segment.

  12. Neutrophilic Myelocyte. A neutrophilic myelocyte is illustrated in this image. Note the azurophilic granules in the cytoplasm and the dense chromatin of the nucleus. The black arrow indicates a neutrophilic band cell. Myelocytes undergo mitoses and give rise to more myelocytes some of which will differentiate into metamyelocytes. Myelocytes are the last stage to undergo cell division.

  13. Neutrophilic Metamyelocyte. The identification of the granulocytes beyond the myelocyte stage is based on nuclear morphology. The nucleus indents on one side and eventually becomes “band” shaped. Illustrated in this image is a neutrophilic metamyelocyte. This cell stage is identified as having nuclear indentation (black arrow) less than 50%.

  14. Neutrophilic Bands. As the nuclear indentation progresses, the nucleus becomes horseshoe or band-shaped (red arrows). Band cells are occasionally found in the peripheral blood.

  15. Early Neutrophil. The early sign of maturation is nuclear segmentation (black arrow). This is a process whereby the nucleus segments into two or more lobes, each connected by strands of chromatin. Neutrophils may contain 2-5 lobes whereas eosinophils are normally bi-lobed

  16. Neutrophils. These are two images of neutrophils, each having three nuclear lobes. The left neutrophil has a small amount of chromatin projecting off one of the lobes (black arrow). This known as a Barr body (which are common in females) and represents an inactive X-chromosome.

  17. Neutrophils. This is an image of two neutrophils, each having four nuclear lobes

  18. Megakaryoblasts. Megakaryoblasts are located in the bone marrow near the sinusoids. They develop into megakaryocytes that function in the production of platelets. This process involves the budding of small portions of cytoplasm surrounded by a plasmalemma. Megakaryoblasts are large cells, measuring about 30 um in diameter. During the period of differentiation of a megakaryocyte, the cytoplasm increases in amount and the nuclear DNA undergoes several replications. The end result is a large cell, measuring about 70-100 um, with a multi-lobulated nucleus.

  19. Megakaryocytes.

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