Mitotic Pool: 1' Granules: Large Blue To Reddish-Purple Staining
Mitotic Pool: 1' Granules: Large Blue To Reddish-Purple Staining
Mitotic Pool: 1' Granules: Large Blue To Reddish-Purple Staining
Promyelocyte Size: 15 – 21 u
Nucleus: round or oval; slightly coarse chromatin
Nucleoli: 2-3
Cytoplasm: with primary granules / non – specific granules
N:C ration: 3:1 – 2:1
Acid hydrolase,
acid phosphatase,
glucoronidase,
myeloperoxidase,
elastase,
arylsulfatase,
cationic antibacterial proteins,
esterase,
sulfated mucosubstance,
arylsulfatase
Myelocyte Size: 12 – 18 u
Nucleus: round or oval; coarser chromatin
Nucleoli: none
Cytoplasm: slightly acidophilic; with secondary granules/ specific granules
N:C ratio: 1:1
Metamyelocyte /juvenile Size: 10 – 15 u
Nucleus: kidney – shaped or indented; clumped chromatin
Nucleoli: none
Cytoplasm: salmon- colored; with secondary granules /specific granules
N:C ratio: 1:1
Neutrophils Size: 9 – 15 u
Nucleus: 3 -5 lobes; chromatin highly condensed
Nucleoli: none
Cytoplasm: salmon- colored; pink/ lavender / lilac / rose -violet granules
N:C ratio: 1:2
3’ granules: gelatinase
arylsulfatase,
peroxidase,
acid phosphatase
Basophils Size: 10 -16 u
Nucleus: unsegmented or bilobed; chromatin condensed
Nucleoli: none
Cytoplasm: salmon- colored; dark- purple or blue-black
N:C ratio: 1:2
LYMPHOCYTE SERIES
LYMPHOCYTE
LYMPHOBLAS PROLYMPHOC Small
T YTE Medium
Large
Lymphoblast Size: 10- 18 u
Nucleus: round or oval; coarse chromatin
Nucleoli: 1 -2
Cytoplasm: moderate to dark blue; no granules
Prolymphocyte Size: 10 – 18 u
Nucleus: round or oval; clumped chromatin
Nucleoli: 1- 2
Cytoplasm: moderate to dark blue; no granules
LYMPHOCYTES:
1. T- lymphocytes: 60- 80 %; lifespan- 4- 10 years; cellular- mediated immunity
2. B- lymphocytes: 10- 20 %; lifespan- 3-4 days; humoral- mediated immunity
3. Null- lymphocytes: 10 %; tumor host defense
MATURE B-
ACTIVATED B- CELL PLASMA CELL
CELL
Proplasmacyte Size: 15 – 25 u
Nucles: eccentric
Cytoplasm: abundant; intensely basophilic; no granules
MONOCYTE SERIES
PROMONOCY
MONOBLAST MONOCYTE
TE
Monoblast Size: 12- 20 u
Nucleus: round, folding/ clefting
Nucleoli: 1-2
Cytoplasm: basophilic; non- granular
N:C ratio: 4: 1- 3: 1
N:C ratio: 2: 1- 1: 1