Cell Changes With Age
Size of cell:
Goes from larger to smaller
Cytoplasmic changes:
color
Deep blue to light blue or salmon
Increases with age
Cytoplasmic to nuclear ratio: (C:N)
Nuclear changes:
Shape
Round to oval or specific shape
Size
Large to smaller (increased C:N)
Chromatin
Granules
Non-granular to granular
Primary (red) to specific granules
Fine/delicate to course/clumped
Nucleoli
Present to absent