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Basophils<br />
• Percentage: ½ - ١ % of .total leucocytes<br />
• Shape: spherical<br />
• Size: -١٠- ١٢ .um<br />
• Nucleus: .Large and irregular<br />
• -:Cytoplasm<br />
• Filled with large basophilic granules.<br />
• These granules can be stained metachromatic .<br />
• They also stained with Giemsa stain.<br />
• E/M<br />
• They contain coarse electron dense granules.<br />
• These granules contain histamine and heparin.<br />
• Life span ١٥-١٠ : .days<br />
• -:Function<br />
• They produce heparin and histamine during allergy.<br />
• They have minimal phagocytic activity.<br />
• They release eosinophil chemotactic factor.<br />
Dr. Amal M. Moustafa, , Department of Histology & Cytology