Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2004

  • question_answer
    Blood platelets are found only in the blood of:

    A)  birds        

    B)  reptiles

    C)  mammals   

    D)  amphibians

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

     Platelets   are   irregularly   shaped membrane bound cell fragments. These are found only in the blood of mammals they usually lack nuclei and are formed from special bone marrow. They are responsible for blood clotting there are about 250,000 platelets per \[m{{m}^{3}}\]of blood. They survive 5 to 9 days before being destroyed by the spleen and liver.


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