White Blood Cells. Types What do they do? Play a large role in the immune system Fight disease and...

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What do they do?  Play a large role in the immune system  Fight disease and infection  Creating antibodies  Phagocytosis

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White Blood Cells

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Types

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What do they do?

Play a large role in the immune system Fight disease and infection

Creating antibodies Phagocytosis

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Doctors can use the amount of white blood cells to determine if our body is fighting an infection.

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3 Types of Phagocytic WBC’s

Eosinophils Neutrophils Monocytes

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Phagocytic leucocytes

Consume infectious micro-organisms Bacteria Viruses

Dead cells

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Eosinophils

Respiratory and digestive tracts Parasites and Allergies

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Neutrophils

50-60% WBC’s Can leave blood vessels Pus

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Monocytes

Live in the bloodstream Go into tissues and become macrophages BIG!

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Ejection of debris by exocytosis

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