Promegakaryocyte
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Megakaryocyte
The megakaryocyte is a bone marrow cell responsible for the production of blood thrombocytes , which are necessary for normal blood clotting...
, arising from a megakaryoblast
Megakaryoblast
A megakaryoblast is a precursor cell to a promegakaryocyte, which in turn becomes a megakaryocyte during haematopoiesis. It is the beginning of the thrombocytic series....
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The developmental stages of the megakaryocyte are:
CFU-Me (pluripotential hemopoietic stem cell
Pluripotential hemopoietic stem cell
Hematopoietic stem cells , also spelled Hæmatopoietic stem cells, are multipotent stem cells that give rise to all the blood cell types from the myeloid , and lymphoid lineages...
or hemocytoblast) → megakaryoblast → promegakaryocyte → megakaryocyte.