Ronald A. Bergman, Ph.D., Adel K. Afifi, M.D., Paul M. Heidger,
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A. Human, air-dried marrow smear, Wright's stain, 1416 x.
B. Human, air-dried blood smear, brilliant cresyl blue, 1416
x.
Polychromatophilic erythroblasts (rubricytes): Derivatives of basophilic erythroblasts (prorubricytes). Dense nuclear chromatin with polychromatophilic cytoplasm owing to a declining RNA content and an increase in newly synthesized hemoglobin.
Reticulocytes: Immature red blood cells seen in the circulating blood. Clumping of ribosomes gives them a reticulated appearance.
Platelets: Also called thrombocytes, these are minute round or ovoid structures. They are important in blood coagulation and are derived from bone marrow megakaryocytes.
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