血小板（platelet），又名血栓细胞（thrombocyte），是从巨核细胞上脱落的细胞质小块，具有止血作用。

血小板是由骨髓中成熟的巨核细胞的细胞质脱落而成的，每个巨核细胞可产生2000～7000个血小板。一个健康人每天生成血小板约1200亿个。

Platelets, also called thrombocytes (thromb- + -cyte, "blood clot cell"), are a component of blood whose function (along with the coagulation factors) is to stop bleeding by clumping and clotting blood vessel injuries. Platelets have no cell nucleus: they are fragments of cytoplasm that are derived from the megakaryocytes of the bone marrow, and then enter the circulation. These unactivated platelets are biconvex discoid (lens-shaped) structures, 2–3 µm in greatest diameter. Platelets are found only in mammals, whereas in other animals (e.g. birds, amphibians) thrombocytes circulate as intact mononuclear cells.