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Answer the questions about white blood cells.
1. Eosinophils, basophils, and neutrophils are examples of this due to their granules
Answer: Granulocytes
2. A term for any cell that can engulf (or “eat”) another cell, invading organism, or particle
Answer: Phagocyte
3. B cells and T cells are this type of WBC
Answer: Lymphocytes
4. Type of stem cell a basophil, eosinophil, and neutrophil originate from
Answer: Myeloid
5. Type of lymphocyte maturing in the thymus gland
Answer: T cells
6. Type of T cell that destroys invaders targeting virus-infected cells and tumor cells
Answer: Killer T Cells
7. Type of lymphocyte that releases antibodies
Answer: B Cells
8. Granules inside basophils contain high concentrations of these
Answer: Histamine and Heparin
9. Phagocytosis of any dead body cell and bacteria; digests large foreign particles in a wound
Answer: Monocyte
10. First cells to reach an area where a breach in the body has been made as in a cut
Answer: Neutrophils
11. Term for an excessive number of white blood cells
Answer: Leukocytosis
