Granulocyte
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A Granulocyte is an cell that have specific granules in their cytoplasm.
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- See: Bone Marrow, Immune System, Innate Immune System, Specific Granule, Cytoplasm, Cell Nucleus, Agranulocyte, White Blood Cell, Eosinophil Granulocyte, Basophil Granulocyte, Mast Cell, Granulopoiesis.
References
2021
- (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granulocyte Retrieved:2021-8-5.
- Granulocytes are cells in the innate immune system characterized by the presence of specific granules in their cytoplasm. They are also called polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN, PML, or PMNL) because of the varying shape of the nucleus, which is usually lobed into three segments. This distinguishes them from the mononuclear agranulocytes. The term polymorphonuclear leukocyte often refers specifically to “neutrophil granulocytes", the most abundant of the granulocytes; the other types (eosinophils, basophils, and mast cells) have lower numbers of lobes. Granulocytes are produced via granulopoiesis in the bone marrow.