LEUKOCYTES: A VISUAL TOUR

Laboratory Procedures

SEGMENTED NEUTROPHIL (THE ADULT)

BAND CELL (THE “BABY” NEUTROPHIL)

HYPER-SEGMENTED NEUTROPHIL (THE SENIOR CITIZEN)

LYMPHOCYTE (THE GUARD DOG)LARGE NUCLEUS

MONOCYTE (THE SCAVENGER) HAS VACUOLES

EOSINOPHIL (THE ALLERGY SLAYER)GRANULES STAIN RED

BASOPHIL (THE UNKNOWN STRANGER)GRANULES STAIN BLUE

THE AGRANULOCYTES (NO GRANULES IN CYTOPLASM)

The Monocyte The Lymphocyte

If there appear to be granules in a Monocyte’s cytoplasm, it is probably debris from it’s last meal!

Look for vacuoles (Stomachs) to tell if it is a Monocyte.

THE GRANULOCYTES(HAVE GRANULES IN CYTOPLASM)

Segmented Neutrophils Basophils Eosinophils

On Basophils, the granules will stain BLUE On Eosinophils, the granules will stain RED

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