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White blood cell

3D rendering of various types of white blood cells.[1]
The neutrophil in schematic
The eosinophil in schematic
The basophil in schematic

The job of white blood cells (also called leukocytes) is to fight infections and cancer. They also remove poison, waste and damaged cells from the body.[2][3]

The number of white blood cells increases when a person is fighting infection or disease and decrease when a person is healthy.

  1. ↑ "Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014". WikiJournal of Medicine. 1 (2). 2014. doi:10.15347/wjm/2014.010.
  2. ↑ Janeway, Charles et al 2001. Immunobiology. 5th ed, Garland Science. ISBN 0-8153-4101-6.
  3. ↑ Abbas AK and Lichtman AH 2003. Cellular and molecular immunology. 5th ed, Saunders, Philadelphia. ISBN 0-7216-0008-5
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