Health Articles : Blood Cells
Blood Cells : Blood Cell Size
Leukemia And White Blood CellsWhite blood cell is one of the most important components of blood. The main function of these cells is to immunize the body from contagious diseases and foreign ..... The circulatory fluid in higher vertebrates is called ‘blood’ whereas in the lower ones it is called ‘hemolymph’. An average adults body has five liters of blood. The blood that flows through the whole body with the help of arteries and veins is called ‘whole blood’. The elastic tissue called blood has plasma and the hematic cells. The hematic cells are classified as follows-- it has erythrocytes, platelets, leucocytes and granulocytes and agranulocytes. The granulocytes have neutrophills, eosinophills, basopjills and lymphoid cells. The agranulocytes are lymphocytes and monocytes. The red blood cells in the peripheral blood are generally uniform in its size. The platelets appear an as small-bluish purple discs. The ‘Complete Blood Count’ (CBC) test is the calibration of the cellular elements of the blood. About 7 to 8% of the body weight consists of blood. The normal concentrations ranges from 130,000 to 450,000 per micron liter.
A normal human blood cell size is around MCV 95 cu mu. The newborn cell for the babies is around MCV 110—130 cubic microns. . The diameter of the red cell is more important the volume it carries. The red blood cells have about 270,000,000-iron rich hemoglobin molecule. The platelets have one third of the RBC size. The normal size is around 6-8 microns in diameter. The size of the monocyte is around 10 to 30 micron in diameter. The nucleus to cytoplasm ratio is 2:1.Theplatelets is around 1 to 4 micron. The Basophill measures about 10 to 15 microns. The nucleus to cytoplasm ratio 1:1.The neutrophill are around 9 to 15 microns in diameter. A nucleated red cell measures about 7 to 12 microns.
Shape Of Red Blood CellsErythrocytes are the most common type of cells present in blood. Blood is a connective tissue composed of fluid plasma and blood cells. The blood cells include ..... The CBC test results : The White Blood Cells range around 4300to 10,800 cells per cubic millimeter. The Red blood cells are 4.2 to 5.9 million cells per cubic millimeter. The hemocrit is the measured volume of red cells to the volume of the blood. The Mean Cell hemoglobin is around 27 to 32 picograms. The neutrophills are 50—70%, the eosinophills are 2—4% and basophills are 1—5 %. The lymphocytes are 20—40% and the monocytes are 3—8%.
|