PLATELET MORPHOLOGY FUNCTION

Duration: 28 min

Year Published: 1989

Creator: National Medical Audiovisual Center (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare)

Color: B&W

Sound: Optical sound

Description: Describes the origin of the circulating platelet beginning with the megakaryocyte in the bone marrow. Ultrastructure of the megakaryocyte as well as the platelet is shown using electron microscope and scanning microscope illustrations. Process of platelet adhesion, and aggregation, as well as tests of platelet function are described. (Kinescope)