Cellular Defenses Crossword

red blood cells
platelets
white blood cells
Process of differentiation in which the HSCs differentiate into different type of blood cells that, once mature, circulate in peripheral blood
leukocytes that have numerous granules visible in the cytoplasm
have a nucleus with three to five lobes and small, numerous, lilac-colored granules
granulocyte with fewer lobes in the nucleus and larger granules that stain reddish orange
granulocytes with two-lobed nucleus and large granules that stain dark blue or purple
appear to be derived from the same common myeloid progenitor cells as neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils
leukocyte or monocyte that lacks visible granules in the cytoplasm
mononuclear lymphocytes that use nonspecific mechanisms to recognize and destroy cells that are abnormal in some way
a protein that creates pores in the target cell
proteases that enter through pores into target cells cytoplasm where they trigger a cascade of protein activation that leads to apoptosis
leukocytes that have a nucleus that lacks lobes