I have always loved plasma cells.
Maybe it's their cleared out space next to the nucleus, the Hoff. The perinuclear hoff. Not to be confused with the Hoff, David Hasselhoff. Maybe it's because they look like fried eggs. Maybe because they are readily identifiable and don't hide in the marrow as something else. Maybe because when they work properly, they protect us against infections. Maybe because they manufacture proteins like antibodies and beta pleated sheets and are curiously industrious.
I am reviewing blood and bone marrow components for continuing medical education. That's where this idea came from. It would sell a lot more copies if Baywatch were involved.
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