Q. The leucocytes contain, which of the following in large quantity?

A) Basophils
B) Neutrophils
C) Eosinophils
D) Monocytes
Explanation

Leucocytes or white blood corpuscles are colourless blood cells. These are of two types on the basis of presence or absence of granules in cytoplasm : Granulocytes : Granules are present in cytoplasm of granulocytes. [table] Name of granulocyte | Eosino-phils | Basop-hils | Neutr-ophils ; Percentage (%) | 1-5% | 0.5 - 2.7 % | 60 - 70% [/table] Agranulocytes : Granules are absent in cytoplasm of Agranulocytes. [table] Name of Agranulocyte | Lympho-cytes | Monocytes ; Percentage (%) | 20 - 40% | 2 - 7% [/table] So, maximum numbers of leucocytes are neutrophils.

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