Platelets are cell fragments formed from: O myeloblasts. O megakaryocytes. O monoblasts. O lymphocytes.

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Platelets are cell fragments formed from:
O myeloblasts.
O megakaryocytes.
O monoblasts.
O lymphocytes.
Transcribed Image Text:Platelets are cell fragments formed from: O myeloblasts. O megakaryocytes. O monoblasts. O lymphocytes.
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Platelets : These are the cells which are involved in the clotting of blood, that stops the bleeding. Stem cells found in Red bone marrow, differentiate into different types of cells that forms all type of cells found in the blood.

Platelets, also known as thrombocytes, are blood cells. They build up in your bone marrow, sponge-like tissues in your bones. Platelets play a major role in blood loss. Usually, when one of your blood vessels is damaged, it begins to bleed. Your platelets will turn (connect) to close the hole in your blood vessels and stop the bleeding.

Platelets play an important role in the ark. Following its formation from megakaryocytes, platelets are present in a 5-7-day cycle and primarily act as regulators of hemostasis and thrombosis. After trauma or damage to the arteries, platelets begin to work in the bloodstream leading to adhesion to the extracellular matrix below the endothelium, platelet platelet formation, and finally to the formation and integration of a thrombus that connects both the nucleus and the shell. In pathological cases, platelets are important in the formation of occlusive thrombus and therefore are the main purpose of preventing the formation of arterial thrombus.

 

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