Megakaryocyte

Megakaryocytes are huge cells found in the bone marrow. Platelets form from small fragments of megakaryocytes. A megakaryocyte precursor cell is a megakaryoblast that is derived from a hematopoietic stem cell.

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Related articles

• Blood formation
• Bone marrow
• Blood
• Thrombocytopenia

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• Megakaryocyt (česká wikipedie)
• Megakaryocyte (anglická wikipedie)

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• ŠVÍGLEROVÁ, Jitka. Megakaryocyte [online]. The last revision February 18, 2009, [cit. 10.11.2010]. <https://web.archive.org/web/20160416170228/http://wiki.lfp-studium.cz/index.php/Megakaryocyt>.