RBC Inclusions

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Across
  1. 3. Dense, round, dark blue granule
  2. 5. Hexagonal crystals of dense hemoglobin formed w/ the RBC membrane
  3. 6. Blue-staining reticulum of dark blue granules or strands
  4. 7. Dark blue to purple appearing as a ring or figure 8
Down
  1. 1. Fine or coarse blue-purple granules
  2. 2. Appear as fine irregular granules in clusters
  3. 4. Crystalline aggregates of hemoglobin where they protrude from the cell membrane
  4. 5. Mature RBCs w/ round granule attached to inner membrane