Leukocytes

2 classes of leukocytes

granulocytes, agranulocytes

granulocytes have

granules in cytoplasm

agranulocytes are

without granules

granulocytes include

neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils

agranulocytes include

lymphocytes, monocytes

granulocytes have what nucleus

segmented

agranulocytes have what nucleus

non segmented

neutrophils stain

neutral

eosinophils stain

pinkb

basophils stain

blue

blood smear of RBCs look at

morphology

blood smear of WBC is

differential

differential of WBC

counting up to 100 and looking at how many of each type to get percent

no known normal value for

types of WBCs

WBC differntial does not include

cell count

cell counts are done by

machine

4 infection fighting properties

diapedesis, chemotaxis, phagocytosis, amoeboid movement

diapedesis

ability to leave blood stream and travel to site of infection

chemotaxis

directional movement towards foreign material

phagocytosis

ingestion of foreign material

amoeboid movement

use pseudopods to move