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This is an image of human neutrophils visualized under a confocal microscope. The cell membrane of each neutrophil is shown in red. The nucleus of each neutrophil is shown in green. The nucleus of neutrophils can take many shapes. For this reason, neutrophils are also known as ‘polymorphonuclear’ cells.