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White Blood Cells
Title: White Blood Cells
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 568 | Pages: 2.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
White Blood Cells
Lindsay Turner
4/20/01
White Blood Cells
Bacteria exist everywhere in the environment and have continuous access to the body through the mouth, nose and pores of skin. Further more, many cells age and die daily and their remains must be removed, this is where the white blood cell plays its role.
According to this quotation, without white blood cells, also known as leukocytes, we would not be able to survive. White blood cells are our body’…showed first 75 words of 568 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 568 total…of our leukocyte’s population. Lymphocytes, major function are immunity. There are many different forms of lymphocytes, and all of the different forms have different functions. B-lymphocytes produce, plasma cells, which form antibodies to (humeral immune response), T-lymphocytes produce, suppressor cells, helper cells, and cytotoxic, killer cells. Lymphocytes have a diameter of about 8-18 µm. In general leukocytes, “either clear away dead cells from the body, or destroy specific bacteria, viruses, and other agents of disease.”
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