Objective 3 Describe the origin and production of the formed elements in blood.

hemopoiesis

Formed elements in the blood are produced by the process of

red bone marrow

In adults, the only site of RBC and WBC production is the

platelets

Megakaryocytes are larges cells that continuously shed cytoplasm in small membrane-enclosed packets called

hemocytoblasts

The stem cells that produce all the blood cells are called

Thrombopoiesis

The term used to describe the formation of platelets is

Erythropoiesis

The term used to describe the formation of red blood cells is

Leukopoiesis

The term used to describe the formation of white blood cells is