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Bone Marrow
UCI SOM Smith
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hemopoietic tissue | bone marrow (myeloid tissue) and lymphoid tissue |
| Hemopoiesis | week 2-mesoblastic phase; month 2-hepato-splenic phase; end of 2nd trimester- myeloid phase starts and continues through life |
| When do leukocytes appear after conception | week 8 |
| Stroma of marrow | 3D network of reticular/adventitial cells and reticular fibers in bone marrow |
| Parenchyma of marrow | divided into hematopoietic compartments responsible for the synthesis of erythrocytes and leukocytes |
| Hematopoietic cells | B and T lymphocytes, erythrocyte, megakaryocyte, monocyte, neutrophilic granulocyte, eosinophilic granulocyte, basophilic granulocyte |
| Erythropoiesis 5 steps | proerythroblast, basophilic erythroblast, polychromatophilic erythroblast, orthochromatophilic erythroblast, reticulocyte |
| Proerythroblast | large, loose lacey chromatin, visible nucleoli, basophilic cytoplasm |
| Basophilic erythroblast | onset of Hb synthesis, strongly basophilic cytplasm, condensed nucleus, no nucleoli |
| Polychromatophilic erythroblast | cytoplasm filled with Hb, polyribosomes begin to decrease, final stage at which mitosis can occur |
| Orthochromatophilic erythroblast | cytoplasm filled with Hb, few polyribosomes, condensed nucleus, normoblast-late orthochromatophilic erythroblast |
| Reticulocyte | anucleate, most immature form released into circulating blood |
| Granulopoiesis 6 steps | myeloblast, promyelocyte, myelocyte, metamyelocyte, bend form, segmented neutrophil |
| Monopoiesis (3 stages) | monoblast (like a myeloblast), promonocyte (large, basophilic cytoplasm, lacy chromatin, slightly indented nucleus, last mitotic stage) and monocyte, |
| Lymphopoiesis | mostly occurs in thymus and peripheral lymphoid tissue but all lymphocyte progenitors come from bone marrow; lymphoblast -> prolymphocyte (smaller, condensed chromatin, lack surface antigens, migrate to lymphoid tissue) |
| Chronic leukemia | slow, proliferating cells are partly or completely differentiated |
| Acute leukemia | rapid progression, proliferating cells are undifferentiated precursur cells |
| Thrombocytopenia | reduction in platelet count; leukemia, metastatic cancer, chemotherapeutic drugs |
| Petichiea | purple pin pricks (thrombocytopenia purpura) |
| Echymoses | large breaks/bruises (thrombocytopenia purpura) |