Lymphocyte

Key Stage 4

Meaning

A drawing of a lymphocyte.

Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell.

About Lymphocytes

Lymphocytes produce antibodies which attach themselves to pathogens to either damage, destroy or to make it easier for the phagocytes to engulf them.

Lymphocytes also produce antitoxins to cancel out the effects of toxic chemicals made by the pathogens.

When an organism is infected lymphocytes produce hundreds of different antibodies until one works.

Once a lymphocyte has produce a working antibody it will remember and reproduce it any time the same pathogen infects the organism.

References

AQA

Lymphocytes, page 53, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA

Lymphocytes, page 53, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA

Lymphocytes, pages 55, 86, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 1, Hodder, AQA

Lymphocytes, pages 55, 87-8, GCSE Biology, Hodder, AQA

Edexcel

Lymphocytes, pages 114-115, 167, GCSE Biology, Pearson, Edexcel

Lymphocytes, pages 165-167, 169, 263, GCSE Biology, CGP, Edexcel

Lymphocytes, pages 41, 42, 61, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel

Lymphocytes, pages 58-60, 89, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel

Lymphocytes, pages 80-81, 115, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel

OCR

Lymphocytes, page 223, Gateway GCSE Biology, Oxford, OCR