MCQ MAHE 2000 Pathology Answer 07
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Kupffer cells are specialized vertebrate macrophages of the reticuloendothelial system. They function to filter small foreign particles (including bacteria) and old reticulocytes from the blood.
Histology
- Kupffer cells – macrophages that can be seen in the sinusoids of the liver. They clean out debris such as senile RBC’s and often look like they are occluding the sinusoid.
- If you see a big cell with lots of cytoplasm in the sinusoid, think Kupffer cell!
- If you see a cell with a nucleus poking into the sinusoid and the cytoplasm stretched out on the lumen, it’s probably an endothelial cell of the sinusoid…
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