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Title: The Cells of the Immune System
Description: The characteristics and functions of: Neutrophils Eosinophils Basophils Monocytes Lymphocytes Plasma cells
Description: The characteristics and functions of: Neutrophils Eosinophils Basophils Monocytes Lymphocytes Plasma cells
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Characteristics Neutrophil
Affiliation for
Meaning of
neutral color
name
Lymphocyte
Monocyte
Eosinophil
Basophil
Plasma cell
Cell of lymph
system
1 large nucleus
Affiliation to
eosin (red) color
Affiliation to basic Develop from
color
naïve B cells
Size
Nucleus
4 RBCs
1-2 (small)
6-7 RBCs
3-5 RBCs
3-5 RBCs
2-3 RBC
3-4 lobes
(segmented)
Large purple
nucleus
Horseshoe
shaped
Bilobed
Bilobed
Chromatin
pattern
Coarse
Coarse
Coarse
Condensed
Granules
Fine, pink-purple
-
Lacey, groundglass appearance
(vacuoles)
-
Coarse, orangered
Coarse, large,
dark-purple
Centered towards
border (eccentric),
perinuclear halo
close to nucleus
(Golgi body),
purple
Condense/coarse,
basophilic
cytoplasm
Coarse
N:C
1:2
5:1-2:1
4:1-2:1
1:3
1:2-1:3
2:1-1:1
Life span
6-10 hours
Only a few days
(6-8 days)
2-5 days
1-2 days
3-5 days
Function
Phagocytosis
3 days in spleen
and lymph nodes
3 weeks in BM
T cell: cellmediated
immunity
B cell: Humoral
immunity, Ab
production (IgG,
IgM, IgA, IgE, IgD)
Phagocytosis,
APC, cytokine
production
IgE-mediated
allergic disorders,
parasitic
infections
Secretes Ab
Functions in
humoral immunity
Reference
range
2-7 x109
40-80%
1-3 x109
20-40%
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wikipedia
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2022
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[online] Available at:
org/wiki/NC_ratio> [Accessed 16 April 2022]
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[online] Available at:
Mogongoa, L
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Introdution to haematology
Title: The Cells of the Immune System
Description: The characteristics and functions of: Neutrophils Eosinophils Basophils Monocytes Lymphocytes Plasma cells
Description: The characteristics and functions of: Neutrophils Eosinophils Basophils Monocytes Lymphocytes Plasma cells