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Cells > Bone Marrow Cells > Reticulocytes
Hemic and Immune Systems > Hematopoietic System > Bone Marrow Cells > Reticulocytes
... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Blood > Blood Cells > Erythrocytes > Reticulocytes
Hemic and Immune Systems > Blood > Blood Cells > Erythrocytes > Reticulocytes
Cells > Blood Cells > Erythrocytes > Reticulocytes
Cells > Erythroid Cells > Erythrocytes > Reticulocytes

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Reticulocytes  

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  • Immature ERYTHROCYTES. In humans, these are ERYTHROID CELLS that have just undergone extrusion of their CELL NUCLEUS. They still contain some organelles that gradually decrease in number as the cells mature. RIBOSOMES are last to disappear. Certain staining techniques cause components of the ribosomes to precipitate into characteristic "reticulum" (not the same as the ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM), hence the name reticulocytes.

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