Platelets are oval structures that bud off from giant cells called ____________

microkaryocytes

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megakaryocytes

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lymphycytes

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leukocytes

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Solution

The correct option is B
megakaryocytes

Platelets are minute, oval structures found in the blood, They are enucleated and are derived from giant cells of bone mattow called megakaryocytes. Life span of a platelet is 3-5 days and it gets destroyed in the spleen.

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