The human blood platelet: its derivation from the red blood cell. A morphologic study.
The blood platelet arises from the interior of the red blood cell when blood is either damaged or disturbed. The platelet body may be seen to form from an amorphous granular mass to a definite granular platelet body when blood is prevented from coagulating by the use of a retardant solution.
D001792:Blood Platelets; D046508:Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006801:Humans