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Tags:: Science (MOC) - Biology - Organ Systems
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Created:: 2022-05-30

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  • Circulatory System

White Blood Cells

• Only blood cell to contain a nucleus.
• Less than 1%
• Fights foreign bodies
• Leukocytes are found in? ;; red bone marrow, lymphy nodes and spleen.

Types of WBC

• Macrophages

  • Phagocytic
  • Eats whatever that's not supposed to be in the blood.
  • Macrophages do what? ;; Eats foreign bodies in the blood

• Lymphocytes

  • Non-Phagocytic
  • Brains of the White Blood Cells
    • Recognizes and defends against pathogens
  • Lymphocytes do what? ;; Recognizes foreign bodies in blood