Platelets
A) assist in the delivery of oxygen to tissues.
B) are elevated in thrombocytopenia.
C) are fragments of a larger cell called a poikilocyte.
D) None of the above

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Thrombocytes are not true cells but rather cytoplasmic fragments of a large cell in the bone marrow, the megakaryocyte. The coagulation of the blood is initiated by blood platelets. Thrombocytopenia is a decrease in normal platelets.