Polymorphonuclear leucocyte - TEM

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Polymorphonuclear leucocyte - TEM. Rob Young. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Transmission electron micrograph of a polymorphonuclear leucocyte in the mid-corneal stroma. 3 large lobes of the nucleus can be seen as can numerous small dark granules. A Golgi apparatus in the centre of the cell is also present, as well as a phagosome at the top end of the cell. The connective tissue around the cell is composed of layers of collagen fibrils. The cell is approximately 17 microns long.

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