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Daily prompt
Where would you go on a shopping spree? Answer: No idea! Been contemplating the whole day on what is the best answer to give to this prompt and I never find an answer good enough. So I just decided to go the honest truth. If there are people that have not the slightest interest in…
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Daily prompt
What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance? My middle name- Sarpong Man this is one powerful name with more significance than can be written in a single article. Where did I take my Sarpong from?? Well from daddy’s side of the family and I kinda hold it close to my heart.…
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Daily prompt
What is the last thing you learned? Answer: Nothing lasts I know, I know! We all know we are living in a temporal world and nothing is ever permanent. But damn dude, certain situations can really be an eye-opener on that. Most of the time, we remind ourselves that nothing lasts forever when situations are…
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Daily Prompt
What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. Are you really a Nurse?! Man, there hasn’t been any question as annoying as being asked over and over again whether I “really” am a nurse, regardless of being in the hospital, covered up in my PPE. It gets even much irritating when patient relatives…
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Lymphocytes
Lymphocytes are much smaller than monocytes but also have a large single nucleus. Like all blood cells, they circulate in the bloodstream but are found in very large numbers in lymphatic tissue such as the lymph nodes and the spleen. Like all blood cells, lymphocytes develop from stem cells in the red bone marrow and…
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Monocytes
As briefed earlier, monocytes are agranulocytic lrukocytes, having a single large nucleus and absence of granules. Monocytes are the largest of the leukocytes and perform very essential functions in both inflammation and immunity. Monocytes however have two distinct types based largely on their location. When circulating in the bloodstream, they are considered monocytes. But some…
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Basophils & Eosinophils
Basophils Basophils are granulocytic leukocytes that are strongly associated with allergic reactions much more than phagocytosis of bacterial and foreign bodies. They have cytoplasmic granules largely packed with; Their main function is to respond to allergen and stimulate the implementation of measures to correct the situation. Allergen are antigens that cause allergy and allergic reactions.…
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Granulocytes- neutrophils
Granulocytes are a group of white blood cells with multiple lobed nuclei and granules in their cytoplasm. There are three main types of granulocytes and they are; neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils. In this article, we take a quick glance at the first group of granulocytes, neutrophils and what they specifically do in the body. Neutrophils…
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Groups of Leukocytes
Red Blood Cells are just red blood cells, with no subgroups and no divisions but just a single type of cell. But this isn’t the same for white blood cells, as this particular blood cell type has so many subdivisions that collectively perform it’s major function- defense and immunity. In this article we take a…
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Leukocytes (White Blood Cells)
Ever wondered what White Blood cells are?? You obviously must have heard about it a couple of times lately most especially during the period of the outbreak of the dreaded COVID-19 disease. Heard they fight off infection and protect your body and play an essential role in immunity and blah blah blah… Well, not wrong…
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