Question

This question arises because I saw that monocytes and leukocytesare commonly called 'mononuclear cells' in the scientificliterature. The implication of course being that other immunesub-types are multi-nuclear!

I know of granulocytes (e.g. neutrophils) that are classed as'polymorphonuclear' because their nuclei are segmented, and canalter their shapes, and muscle cells that fuse together to form onelong cell (muscle fiber) with multiple nuclei. What other examplesof multi-nucleated cells are there?

I am also interested in the advantages gained by cells havingmultiple (or segmented) nuclei?