Metamyelocyte

Metamyelocyte
Four metamyelocytes, center of photo
Details
PrecursorMyelocyte
Gives rise toBand cell
FunctionA cell undergoing granulopoiesis, leading to a band cell.
Identifiers
THH2.00.04.3.04008
FMA83541
Anatomical terms of microanatomy
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Basophilic
Eosonophilic
Neutrophilic

A metamyelocyte is a cell undergoing granulopoiesis, derived from a myelocyte, and leading to a band cell.

It is characterized by the appearance of a bent nucleus, cytoplasmic granules, and the absence of visible nucleoli. (If the nucleus is not yet bent, then it is likely a myelocyte.)

Additional images

  • Hematopoiesis
    Hematopoiesis

See also

External links

  • Histology image: 01805ooa – Histology Learning System at Boston University - "Bone Marrow and Hemopoiesis: bone marrow smear, neutrophilic metamyelocyte and mature PMN"
  • Histology image: 75_05 at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
  • Histology at KUMC blood-blood11
  • Histology at KUMC blood-blood12
  • Interactive diagram at lycos.es
  • Slide at marist.edu
  • hematologyatlas.com
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Myeloid blood cells and plasma
Hematopoiesis
Myelopoiesis
(CFU-GEMM)
CFU-GM
MEP
General
Myeloid tissue
Granulocytes
Monocytes
Macrophages
Other
Platelets
Red blood cells
Immune response
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