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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

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