Objective 3 Describe the origin and production of the formed elements in blood.
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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
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
platelets
Megakaryocytes are larges cells that continuously shed cytoplasm in small membrane-enclosed packets called
