Exercise 13.3 - The Hematopoietic System

LEVEL I

Materials

• Prepared slide of bone marrow
  
• Microscope

1. Examine the bone marrow slide to identify the erythrocytic series: proerythroblast, basophilic erythroblast, polychromatophilic erythroblast, normoblast, reticulocyte and mature erythrocyte. Draw and label each cell type.

2. Draw and label the granulocytic series: myeloblast, promyelocyte, myelocyte, metamyelocyte, granulocyte with a band- shaped nucleus, and the mature granulocyte (neutrophil, eosinophil, basophil).

3. Draw and label the megakaryocytic series: megakaryoblast, megakaryocyte and platelet. 20

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