All blood cells begin as undifferentiated stem cells capable of reproducing themselves. Generations of cells eventually differentiate into cell lines that will mature to produce erythrocytes, ...

The blood has three types of formed elements: erythrocytes (red blood cells), leukocytes (white blood cells), and platelets or thrombocytes . Erythrocytes:  Also called red blood ...

Blood plasma: is prepared by spinning a tube of fresh blood containing an anticoagulant (purple top tube) in a centrifuge until the blood cells fall to the bottom of the tube. The blood ...