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What is the colour of platelets in body? Stained form gives dark purple colour but I want to know if platelet even has a colour or not?

What is the colour of platelets in body?
Stained form gives dark purple colour but I want to know if platelet even has a colour or not?
 

Grade:12th pass

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Arun
25750 Points
5 years ago
On a stained blood smear, platelets appear as dark purple spots, about 20% the diameter of red blood cells. The smear is used to examine platelets for size, shape, qualitative number, and clumping. The ratio of platelets to red blood cells in a healthy adult ranges from 1:10 to 1:20.

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