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Basophil morphology

Basophil has Big Blue Balls (granules).
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---Anonymous Contributor

Neutrophil's 2 distinctive physical features

1: There's up to 5 lobes of the nucleus joined by thin appendages. Tie this to it being a neutrophil nucleus by arranging the 5 lobes into a capital N for Neutrophil.
2: the chicken leg (Barr Body) sticking out. Say it out loud: chick-N. The chick-N leg is for Neutrophil.

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---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin

White blood cell relative concentrations

"Never Let Monkeys Eat Bananas":
From greatest to least:
Neutrophils (65%)
Lymphocytes (25%)
Monocytes (6%)
Eosinophils (3%)
Basophils (1%)
· Alternatively: "Nine Little Monkeys Eating Bananas".
· Alternatively: "Noone Likes My Educational Background".
· Alternatively: "Never Let Mamma Eat Beans".
· Can remember that Eosinophils is 3%, by the mirror image of E is 3.
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---Anonymous Contributor and Dr. Atif Farooq and Anonymous Contributor University of Sydney, Australia and Rawalpindi Medical College, Islamabad, Pakistan and Nurse

Leukocytes: granulated and agranulated

"BEN Loves Money":
· Granulocytes:
Basophil
Eosinophil
Neurophil
· Agranulocytes:
Lymphocytes
Monocytes
· Alternatively: Granpa BEN..." to keep the granulated group straight.
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---Priya and Abe UNIBE

Basophil vs. eosinophils: effect for allergic persons

Basophils are "Bad-o-phils" because they contribute to our allergic reactions.
Eosinophils are "Easy-on-me-phils" because they counteract our allergic reactions.
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---Andrew Hammer