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Type of lymphocyte which produces antibodies

B cells

Least numerous leukocyte (1%)

Basophil

Releases histamine during inflammatory reactions

Basophil

Aid in destroying parasitic worms and protozoans

Eosinophil

Granular Leukocytes (3 types)

Eosinophil, Basophil, Neutrophil

Solids that make up about 45% of the blood volume

Formed elements

Composed mainly of T cells and B cells

Lymphocyte

These cells form platelets and are stem cells

Megakaryocyte

Increases in number during prolonged infections

Monocyte

Agranular leukocyte (2 groups)

Monocyte, lymphocyte

Most numerous leukocyte 67%

Neutrophil

Actively phagocytic Leukocyte (3 types)

Neutrophil, Eosinophil, Monocyte

Also called an erythrocyte

Red blood cell

Contains hemoglobin; therefore involved in oxygen transport

Red blood cells

Fight viruses, type of leukocyte that increases in numberduring prolonged infections they can attack cancer cells cellular debris and invading microbes

T cells