Bone marrow with megakaryocyte. Light micrograph of a section through a sample of bone marrow, showing a megakaryocyte (large, centre). Megakaryocytes

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Bone marrow with megakaryocyte. Light micrograph of a section through a sample of bone marrow, showing a megakaryocyte (large, centre). Megakaryocytes are the bone marrow cells responsible for the production of blood platelets (thrombocytes). Bone marrow contains blood stem cells, used to provide a constant supply of new blood cells throughout a person's lifetime. Magnification: x500 when printed 10 centimetres wide.

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Photo credit: © SECCHI-LECAQUE/ROUSSEL-UCLAF/CNRI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: -, anatomical, anatomy, biological, biology, body, bone, cell, cells, healthy, histological, histology, human, light, marrow, megakaryocyte, micrograph, microscope, normal, osteological, osteology, platelet, production, section, sectioned, thrombocyte