Characteristics of Pappenheimer bodies and Siderotic granules

Question

In a Wright's-stained smear, Pappenheimer bodies must be differentiated from basophilic stippling and Howell-Jolly bodies. Pick the statement which best describes each of the following.

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round and smooth and usually one per erythrocyte

variable in size and aggregated near cell periphery

usually seen as small granules evenly distributed throughout the cytoplasm

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