Question

Name the blood corpuscles involved in coagulation of blood.

Answer 1

1. These blood components account for approximately 45 percent of total blood volume. Erythrocytes (RBCs), leukocytes, and thrombocytes are examples of these.
2. Thrombocytes (Blood Platelets) are megakaryocyte-derived cell fragments. They are enucleated entities that are minute, oval, or spherical and discovered floating in the blood.
3. They have a blood count of 20000-400000. They have a lifetime of around 3.5 days before being eliminated in the spleen together with RBC.
4. Their primary purpose is to aid in the clotting or coagulation of blood.
5. The blood corpuscles involved in the coagulation of blood are thrombocytes.