APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The formed elements are cells and cell fragments suspended in the plasma. The three classes of formed elements are the erythrocytes (red blood cells), leukocytes (white blood cells), and the thrombocytes (platelets).

Detailed explanation-2: -The process of making blood cells is called hematopoiesis . Blood cells are made in the bone marrow . That’s a spongy tissue located inside some bones. It contains young parent cells called stem cells. These blood-forming stem cells can grow into all 3 types of blood cells – red cells, white cells and platelets.