Unit Notes - 1
1. Length of time neutrophils are in bone marrow after reaching metamyelocyte stage:
About 6 - 14 days
2. Ratio of bands and segs:
15 times more in bone marrow than in peripheral blood:
3. Definition of terms:
Chemokinesis:
Random locomotion
Chemotaxis:
Directed locomotion
Uropod:
Tail end(blunt end) of cell undergoing pseudopodial motion. Is adhesive.