Blood

Erythrocytes (RBC)
Blood Smear with Erythrocytes – Red Blood Cells
(RBCs)
TEM of Red Blood Cells (in cross section)
Colorized SEM of Red Blood Cells (red), platelets
(green) and White Blood Cells (purple)
Blood Smear from normal and hypochromic
microcytic anemia patients
Blood Smear from normal and hyperchromic
macrocytic anemia patients

Macrocytic
Normal Hyperchromic
Anemia
Sickle Cell Anemia (arrow = sickle cell)
Colorized SEM of Sickle Cell RBCs (green)
 Erythropoiesis – Red Blood Cell Development
Basophilic Polychromatophilic
Erythroblasts Erythroblasts Normoblast Reticulocyte
 Bone Marrow Smear with developing red blood
cells

Black arrow =
basophilic
erythroblast

Green arrow =
polychromato-
philic
erythroblasts
Bone Marrow Smear with Megakaryocyte forming
platelets (P)
Blood Smear with platelets (a) – inset high mag
with hyalomere and granulomere
TEM of a
Platelet
Colorized SEM of Red Blood Cells (red), platelets
(green) and White Blood Cells (yellow)
 White Blood Cells
Neutrophils, Eosinophils,
Basophils, Lymphocytes, and
Monocytes
 Blood Smear with a Neutrophil
(Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte)
Blood Smear with an Eosinophil
(bilobed nucleus + red granules)
 Blood Smear with a Basophil
(irregular nucleus + dark purple granules)
 Diagram of
Granulopoiesis

White Blood Cell

Development
Bone Marrow Smears showing Neutrophil
development

Neutrophilic Early Neutrophilic Late Neutrophilic

Myelocyte Metamyelocyte Metamyelocyte
or Stab Cell
 Bone Marrow Smear – yellow arrow =
eosinophilic myelocyte

1=
Neutrophilic
Myelocytes

2&3=
Neutrophilic
Metamyelo-
cytes
Blood Smear with two Monocytes
Blood Smear with a Lymphocyte
 Blood Vessels
Arteries and Arterioles
Muscular Artery – TM = tunica media
Wall of the Muscular Artery Arrow = T.
Intima; TM = T. media; TA = T. adventitia

TM

TA
 Wall of the Elastic Artery

TI

TM

TA

TI = T. Intima; TM = T. media; TA = T. adventitia

Arteriole (A) and Vein (V)

A
Thin section of a small arteriole
 TEM of a
fenestrated
capillary with a
RBC in the
lumen
Diagram of the controls of blood flow through a
capillary system
Venule (V) and small arteriole (A)

V
A
An arteriole (A) and venule (B) – arrow = capillary
Muscular artery and large vein
Wall of a vein – TI = T. Intima; TM = T. Media; TA
= T. Adventitia
TI

TM

TA
Vein with infoldings of the T. Intima = valves (V)