Question

How to distinguish eosinophils from basophils?

(a) Eosinophils have a bilobed nucleus and basophils have a single round nucleus

(b) Eosinophils are granulated while Basophils are non granulated

(c) Eosinophils have a single nucleus and basophils have a trilobed nucleus

(d) Eosinophils stain blue while basophils stain pink

The question was asked in unit test.

The query is from Components of Blood in chapter Pathology of Clinical Science

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) Eosinophils have a bilobed nucleus and basophils have a single round nucleus

To explain: Eosinophils and basophils are both granulocytes i.e. they have granules in their cytoplasm. Their granules are stained with dyes of different pH and their nucleus is differentiated by the lobes they have.