KROK 1 Stomatology 2016 – Question 20 · KROK (Dentistry)
A patient has petechial hemorrhages on the gums, hard and soft palate, buccal mucosa. This is caused by the dysfunction of the following blood corpuscles:
- A. Monocytes
- B. Lymphocytes
- C. Erythrocytes
- D. Platelets
- E. Eosinophils
Hint
Petechial (pinpoint) bleeding points to the cells responsible for primary haemostasis of small vessels.
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