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Texas Collaborative Module The Avian Differential

Subtopic 3: Identifying Avian Blood Cells Quiz

1. Which avian cell is oval in shape with a nucleus that becomes more condensed with age? (The cytoplasm is light orange-pink in color.)



2. Which cell is the most common of the white blood cells observed in many avian species? (It possesses a colorless cytoplasm containing round or rod-shaped brick red granules.)



3. Which avian cell contains a nucleus that is usually round, light blue and often covered by deeply basophilic-staining granules?



4. Which avian hemostatic cell is the counterpart to the mammalian platelet?