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2 - Promyelocyte (1000X)

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

The promyelocyte is characterized by:

  • Lots of extended chromatin in the nucleus, as well as nucleoli.
  • The cytoplasm is colored blue with blue-red (azurophilic) grains which are a type of lysosomes.