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noun - tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood

noun - a small, flattened body

PLATELETS - Platelets, also called thrombocytes (from Greek , "clot" and , "cell"), are a component of blood whose function (along with the coagulation factors) ...

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As well as red & white blood cells you have these disk-like cells, aka thrombocytes, to help blood clot
These corpuscles are named for their shape rather than for their color
Apheresis, in which you get your blood back, lets you donate these clotting blood cells to help those in need
Also called thrombocytes, these disklike cell fragments are important in the clotting process
These blood cell fragments are also called thrombocytes
A microliter of blood contains from 150,000 to 400,000 of these blood-clotting bodies
These tiny bits of cytoplasm lacking nuclei are there to gang up in clots
Those minute red blood cells are erythrocytes, white ones are leukocytes & these are thrombocytes
These smallest formed elements in the blood are named for their disklike shape
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) When an injury like a cut is sustained, these blood cells change shape, become sticky, build up on the wound, & form a plug
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Plural form of platelet.
a small colourless disc-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, found in large numbers in blood and involved in clotting.
A small colourless disc-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, found in large numbers in blood and involved in clotting.
Platelets description
Platelets, also called thrombocytes (from Greek , "clot" and , "cell"), are a component of blood whose function (along with the coagulation factors) is to react to bleeding from blood vessel injury by clumping, thereby initiating a blood clot. Platelets have no cell nucleus: they are fragments of cytoplasm that are derived from the megakaryocytes of the bone marrow, and then enter the circulation. Circulating unactivated platelets are biconvex discoid (lens-shaped) structures, 23 µm in greatest diameter. Platelets are found only in mammals, whereas in other animals (e.g. birds, amphibians) thrombocytes circulate as intact mononuclear cells.* On a stained blood smear, platelets appear as dark purple spots, about 20% the diameter of red blood cells. The smear is used to examine platelets for size, shape, qualitative number, and clumping. The ratio of platelets to red blood cells in a healthy adult ranges from 1:10 to 1:20.
* The main function of platelets is to contribute to hemostasis: t
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