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Blood smear 2 (1000X)

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Blood smear. Image copyright: University of Oslo, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. (Tissue stain: H+E).

Try to identify all the cells in this image.

Erythrocytes are red blood cells with a biconcave shape, lacking a nucleus, and containing hemoglobin for oxygen transport.

Lymphocytes are small white blood cells with a large, round nucleus and a thin rim of cytoplasm, involved in immune responses.

Monocytes are large white blood cells with a kidney-shaped nucleus and abundant cytoplasm, differentiating into macrophages and dendritic cells, playing a key role in phagocytosis and antigen presentation.

Segmented neutrophilic granulocytes, or mature neutrophils, have a multi-lobed nucleus and granular cytoplasm that act as the first responders to infection, performing phagocytosis of pathogens.

Thrombocytes, or platelets, are small, irregularly shaped cell fragments without a nucleus, essential for blood clotting.

Band neutrophils are immature neutrophils with a horseshoe-shaped nucleus and granular cytoplasm, maturing into segmented neutrophilic granulocytes