Lobation is a characteristic of the cell nucleus of certain granulocytes, which are types of white blood cells, where the nucleus is segmented into two or more connected lobes.12 Of the four types of granulocyte, only the mast cell is not lobated.
Lobation is also a characteristic of megakaryocytes in the bone marrow.2
| Cell type | Image | Lobation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neutrophil |  |
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multilobed, i.e. having more than two lobes |
| Eosinophil |  |
bi-lobed, i.e. having two lobes | |
| Basophil |  |
 |
bi-lobed 3 |
References
References
- Campbell, Neil A. (1996). Biology (4th ed.). Menlo Park [u.a.]: Benjamin Cummings. pp. 832–33. ISBN 0805319409.
- Alberts, Bruce (2002). Molecular biology of the cell (4th ed.). New York [u.a.]: Garland. pp. 1284–1290. ISBN 0815340729.
- "Basophil". medcell.med.yale.edu.