Myeloids

• What are granulocytes?


  contain granules that differentiate them from other white blood cells
• What are neutrophils?

  Most common WBC, first to the infection site
• What percentage of WBC do neutrophils account for?

  50 - 70%
• Why do neutrophils die so fast?

  no mitochondrea

  use glycolysis for atp
• Which myeloids phagocytize?

  neutrophils and eosinophils
• How basophils kill?

  Secrete antimicrobials like histamine
• Which myeloids are associated with allergic reactions?

  eosinophils and basophils
• What do eosinophils mainly infect?

  Nematode infections
• What are the two ways that eosinophils kill?

  Phagocytosis and release of toxic granules