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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