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title: Thrombocyte
url: https://regenmedtools.com/glossary/thrombocyte/
type: glossary
primaryQuery: thrombocyte platelet
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# Thrombocyte

A thrombocyte is a platelet. Platelets are the cellular component that PRP concentrates, and they carry the growth factors that make platelet concentrates clinically interesting. They are also the least dense cellular component of blood, which is why excessive centrifugal force damages them rather than concentrating them further.

Platelets are the least dense cellular component of blood, which is why excessive force damages them: at high g they are driven into the pellet along with denser cells.


## Related
- [prp](https://regenmedtools.com/glossary/prp/)
- [growth-factors](https://regenmedtools.com/glossary/growth-factors/)
- [platelet-concentration-factor](https://regenmedtools.com/glossary/platelet-concentration-factor/)