Peripheral White Blood Cells

• Two categories:

• 1. Granulocytes

  • Neutrophil: acute inflammation, first line of defense. (Band, segmented, hypersegmented)
  • Eosinophil: allergic response, parasitic
  • Basophil: severe allergic, heparin and histamine in granules

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