Chapter 19.4, Problem 2QC

Summary Introduction

To review:

The formation of platelets

Introduction:

Platelets are tiny blood cells that help in hemostasis, a process that stops blood loss from an injured or damaged blood vessel. During certain diseases, especially dengue, the quantity of platelets decreases in the blood sometimes, which results in excessive blood loss. They are formed in bone marrow and are not truecells or small fragments or cell surrounded by the plasma membrane. They donot have a nucleus and most cell organelles.