🩸WHERE DOES THE MEGAKARYOCYTE NUCLEUS GO? 👉Diagram in the photo: a. Mature megakaryocyte with future platelets. b. Platelet release from a mature megakaryocyte. Cytoplasm protrusion outwards, and eventual breakdown into individual platelets. ❗The expelled nucleus is then phagocytosed by bone marrow macrophages. Source: McKenzie S. - Clinical laboratory hematology. 2 ed, 2014
Platelet Formation and Fate of Mature Megakaryocyte Nucleus
How blood platelets are formed: a diagram of megakaryocyte cytoplasm fragmentation and phagocytosis of its residual nucleus by bone marrow macrophages.
