All the white blood cells are able to move like an amoeba, and can migrate out of blood vessels into the surrounding tissues. Note-it is easy to confuse the different leucocytes in blood smears. To identify them, you need to look for the shape of the nucleus, and compare their size, relative to that of a red blood cell.
peri-. a prefix meaning âabout,â âaroundâ (perimeter; periscope), âenclosing,â âsurroundingâ (pericardium), ânearâ (perigee; perihelion).
peri- surrounding : perine/o: perineum : peritone/o: peritoneum : per/o: deformed, maimed : perone/o: fibula : perspir/o: breathe through : petr/o: stone, petrous region of temporal bone -pexy: fixation; to put in place : phac/o: lens of eye : phag/o: eat; swallow -phage: eat; swallow -phagia: eating; swallowing : phak/o: lens of eye : phalang/o: phalanges (of fingers and toes) phall/o