Anatomy

Neutrophils

Granular leukocytes having a nucleus with three to five lobes connected by slender threads of chromatin, and cytoplasm containing fine inconspicuous granules and stainable by neutral dyes.

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Abstract

Granular leukocytes having a nucleus with three to five lobes connected by slender threads of chromatin, and cytoplasm containing fine inconspicuous granules and stainable by neutral dyes.

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14 entry terms
  • Leukocytes, Polymorphonuclear
  • Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes
  • Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils
  • Leukocyte, Polymorphonuclear
  • Neutrophil
  • Neutrophil, Polymorphonuclear
  • Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte
  • Polymorphonuclear Neutrophil
  • LE Cells
  • Neutrophil Band Cells
  • Band Cell, Neutrophil
  • Cell, LE
  • LE Cell
  • Neutrophil Band Cell

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

decrease in number = NEUTROPENIA; neutrophil chemotaxis: coordinate with CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; note entry term LE CELLS: do not coordinate with LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC unless disease is particularly discussed

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History Note

65; LE CELLS was heading 1963-95 (Prov 1963-64)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Neutrophils. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009504. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009504
  2. Neutrophils. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrophil
  3. Neutrophils. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188417