LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259285271
Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 21, Problem 10CR
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To determine:
The meaning, function, and location of colony stimulating factors.
Introduction:
Hemopoiesis is the process of formation of red blood cells, white blood cell, and platelets (formed elements) of blood. Hemopoiesis process begins in the red bone marrow. Hemocytoblasts are the first cells also formed during hemopoiesis.
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