Erythropoeisis

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Erythropoiesis Quiz

Test your knowledge about the fascinating process of erythropoiesis! This quiz contains 10 carefully crafted questions that cover various stages and cellular changes involved in the formation of red blood cells.

Whether you're a student or simply interested in the biological sciences, this quiz is designed to challenge and enhance your understanding of:

Stem cell differentiation
Cellular processes in hematopoiesis
Key terminology in erythropoiesis

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Hemocytoblast stem cells differentiate into a less potent stem cell known as a

Proerythroblast

Nucleoblast

Haemoblast

Pyknoblast

The name of the cell that is in the stage of erythropoesis where it is no longer able to divide and has a very dense nucleus is

Basophillic erythroblast

Orthochromatophillic erythroblast

Polychromatophillic erythroblast

Reticulocyte

After proerythroblasts lose their nucleolus they become a

Reticulocyte

Pyknotic nucleus

Orthochromatophillic erythroblast

Basophillic erythroblast

Pyknosis is the process of

Cell division without a nucleus

The exocytosis of a nucleus

Chromatin condesing irreversibly

The splitting of a nucleus and the cytoplasm

The cell stage between basophillic and orthochromatophillic erythroblasts is known as

Polychromatophillic

Proorthochromatophillic

Propyknotic

Polychromatic

Before becoming an erythrocyte, the cell (after ejecting its nucleus) matures as a

Basophillic erythroblast

Proerythrocyte

Denucleated erythrocyte

Reticulocyte

To go from an orthochromatophillic erythroblast to a reticulocyte, the cell must

Divide

Go through pyknosis and then ingest its nucleus

Go through pyknosis and then eject its nucleus

Produce haemoglobin

What cell structure is lost when a proerythroblast becomes a basophillic erythroblast

Nucleolus

Nucleus

Nucleoplasm

Nuclear membrane

What cell stage comes between a polychromatophillic erythroblast and a reticulocyte

Pyknotoblast

Orthochromatophillic erythroblast

Basophillic erythroblast

Proreticulated erythrocyte

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