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What white blood cells are responsible for recognizing and destroying foreign antigens?
lymphocytes or A for Plato students
According to the clonal selection theory foreign antigens select and interact with surface receptors only on the membranes of those specific lymphocytes that are genetically capable of making antibod?
False
Specialized cells that attack foreign substances upon recognizing the foreign surface antigens are called?
T-lymphocytes
The cell types that are most responsible for presenting foreign antigens together with surface antigens to specific receptors on the membrane of T lymphocytes are the macrophages and?
dendritic cells
React with antigens and inactivates them?
Antibodies
What defense target specific pathogens?
Lymphocytes
What are lymphocytes formed in thymus gland that act on antigens?
t cells
What is lymphocytes contained in the thymus gland that acts on antigens?
T-Cell
How does the thymus in the lymphatic system assist the immune system?
The thymus matures T lymphocytes (T cells) which identify foreign antigens. This is also where T cells that would be able to bond with self-antigens (would attack the bodies healthy cells) are weeded out and destroyed.
Lymphocytes that act directly on antigens to destroy them or produce chemicals that are toxic to them called?
Lymphocytes that act directly on antigens to destroy them or produce chemicals that are toxic to them are called T4 cells. They are also known as T helper cells.
What type of white blood cell releases antibodies?
The answer is Lymphocytes. However, they do not RELEASE antibodies. When there is an increase in lymphocytes this indicates a viral infection. Internally, this viral infection is represented as a foreign antigen that could potentially weaken the immune system. Once these foreign antigens are detected this triggers antibodies to form to eliminate the same antigens that created them (the viral infection). These antibodies are what work to fight away the viral infection to return the body to its original state.
What are specialized white blood cells that produce antibodies coded to destroy specific antigens?
the B-cells.
