Which of the following is true about the structure of a monocyte?

It has a bean-shaped nucleus and is a large cell.

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It has a bean-shaped nucleus and is a small cell

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It has a lobed nucleus and blue cytoplasm

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It has a lobed nucleus and red cytoplasm

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Solution

The correct option is A It has a bean-shaped nucleus and is a large cell.
A monocyte is a large WBC which has a bean-shaped unlobed nucleus. It can transform into a phagocytic macrophage near sites of infection, phagocytose and present antigens, secrete chemokines, and proliferate in response to infection and injury.

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