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Blood consists of plasma and formed elements.

The plasma is the fluid portion of the blood

and consists of water, proteins and dissolved

materials such as oxygen, carbon dioxide,

electrolytes and other materials. Plasma

makes up about 55% of the blood volume.

Formed elements make up about 45% of the

blood volume and consist of erythrocytes (red

blood cells, a), leukocytes (white blood cells, c)

and thrombocytes (platelets, b). Label and

color the RBC’s red, the WBC’s light blue and

color the nucleus violet. Label and color the

thrombocytes blue.

Thrombocytes are involved in blood clotting.

Note the size of the thrombocyte compared to

the other cells.

Erythrocytes do not have a nucleus and they

appear like a donut with a thin spot instead of

a donut hole. About a third of the weight of a

RBC is due to hemoglobin, which is made of

iron and is what makes the cells red. Color the

surface view and cross section of the RBC.

There are two main types of leukocytes:

granular leukocytes and agranular leukocytes.

The granular leukocytes have cytoplasmic

granules that either stain pink or dark purple or

do not stain much at all. The granular

leukocytes that do not stain much at all are

called neutorphils because the granules are

neutral to the stains. Neutrophils have a three

to five-lobed nucleus. Color the cells by

shading the cytoplasm blue and coloring the

nucleus violet.

The eosinophils are granular leukocytes that

have pink or orange staining granules. The

nucleus is generally two-lobed. Color the

nucleus violet, the granules orange and the

cytoplasm light blue.

Basophils are a rare granular leukocyte in that

they make up less than 1% of all WBCs. The

nucleus is S shaped. Label the basophil and

color the granules violet and the cytoplasm

light blue.

The two kinds of agranular leukocytes are

lymphocytes and the monocytes. The

lymphocytes can be large or small and make up

20-30% of the leukocytes. The cytoplasm is light blue and the nucleus is violet. The nucleus of the lymphocyte is dented

or flattened. Lymphocytes come in two kinds B cells secrete (antibody mediated immunity) and T cells are involved in

cell mediated immunity Label and color the lymphocytes.

The monocytes are large cells (about three times the size of a red blood cell) and have a strongly lobed nucleus. Label

the monocyte, color the nucleus violet and the cytoplasm light blue.

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