BISC 101 Lecture Notes - Vasospasm, Prothrombinase, White Blood Cell
25 Nov 2012
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Origin and characteristics of formed elements (platelets and blood cells) Mechanisms of haemostasis (reduction and prevention of blood loss) General and specific resistance to disease organisms, including: Roles of leucocytes in resistance and immunity. Specify the types of leucocytes (white blood cells), their origins and relative quantities in normal blood. A developmental term which means that a particular stem cell (all stem cells are capable of differentiation (or specialization) can develop into one of an array of several advanced cell types. Totipotent refers to a stem cell situation in which the stem cell can become all possible types of cells. Basophils and eosinophils are easily identified on a microcoscope slide because of their distinctly coloured granules. Nevertheless, they are often difficult to find on a microscope slide blood smear because: They break apart when they are spread. Numerous macrophages with large numbers of ingested zymosan particles visible in their cytoplasm.
