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Thrombocytes ([https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/Platelets platelets])&nbsp;are the type of blood cell. Their main task is to recognise a damaged vessel and make a [[Blood clot|blood clot]]. They are produced in the [[Bone marrow|bone marrow]] by [[Megakaryocytes|megakaryocytes]]<ref>The Journal of Clinical Investigation (2005) Available at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/26891 (Accessed: 19 October 2015)</ref>. They are the smallest of all blood cells with size of only 20% of the size of a [[Red blood cells|red blood cell]]<ref>The Journal of Clinical Investigation (2005) Available at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/26891 (Accessed: 19 October 2015)</ref>.  
Thrombocytes ([[Platelets|platelets]])&nbsp;are the type of blood cell. Their main task is to recognise a damaged vessel and make a [[Blood clot|blood clot]]. They are produced in the [[Bone marrow|bone marrow]] by [[Megakaryocytes|megakaryocytes]]<ref>The Journal of Clinical Investigation (2005) Available at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/26891 (Accessed: 19 October 2015)</ref>. They are the smallest of all blood cells with size of only 20% of the size of a [[Red blood cells|red blood cell]]<ref>The Journal of Clinical Investigation (2005) Available at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/26891 (Accessed: 19 October 2015)</ref>.  


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Revision as of 16:19, 3 December 2015

Thrombocytes (platelets) are the type of blood cell. Their main task is to recognise a damaged vessel and make a blood clot. They are produced in the bone marrow by megakaryocytes[1]. They are the smallest of all blood cells with size of only 20% of the size of a red blood cell[2].

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  1. The Journal of Clinical Investigation (2005) Available at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/26891 (Accessed: 19 October 2015)
  2. The Journal of Clinical Investigation (2005) Available at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/26891 (Accessed: 19 October 2015)