Thrombocytes are cells that play a key role in blood clotting. In mammal
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Mammals are a class of vertebrate animals whose name is derived from their distinctive
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Thrombocytes are cells that play a key role in blood clotting. In mammal
Mammal
Mammals are a class of vertebrate animals whose name is derived from their distinctive feature, mammary glands, with which they feed their young.... s, thrombocytes are anucleated cell fragments called platelets. Nucleated thrombocytes of nonmammalian vertebrate
Vertebrate
Vertebrates are members of the subphylum Vertebrata, chordates with Vertebras or Vertebral columns. The grouping sometimes includes the hagfish, which have no vertebrae, but are genetically quite closely related to lampreys, which do have vertebrae.... s differ from the mammalian thrombocytes not only in having a nucleus and thus resembling B lymphocyte
Lymphocyte
A lymphocyte is a type of white blood cell in the vertebrate immune system.By their appearance under the light microscope, there are two broad categories of lymphocytes, namely the large granular lymphocytes and the small lymphocytes.... s, but also these nucleated thrombocytes do not aggregate in response to ADP
ADP
ADP is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:... , serotonin
Serotonin
Serotonin is a monoamine neurotransmitter synthesized in serotonergic neurons in the central nervous system and enterochromaffin cells in the gastrointestinal tract of animals including humans.... and adrenaline (they do aggregate with thrombin
Thrombin
Thrombin is a coagulation protein that has many effects in the coagulation#The_coagulation_cascade. It is a serine protease that converts soluble fibrinogen into insoluble strands of fibrin, as well as catalyzing many other coagulation-related reactions.... , of course.) .
Platelets, or Thrombocyte, are small, irregularly shaped anuclear cells, 2-4?m in diameter, which are derived from fragmentation of precursor megakaryocytes.... .
