types of white blood cells

Question 1

neutrophils

Answer 1

• tend to eat bacteria
• if there is a bacterial infection, you will have more
• small granules, stain light lavender

Question 2

macrophages

Answer 2

• big eaters
• travel out of the blood to the tissue (engulf debris, bacteria, viruses)
• giant

Question 3

eosinophils

Answer 3

• defend against parasitic worms
• tend to stain red
• granules are big packets

Question 4

basophils

Answer 4

• release histamines (allergic reactions)
• stain dark purple
• very big spots

Question 5

lymphocytes

Answer 5

• broken into adaptive system
• t-cells and b-cells
• kind of small
• agranulocyte