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monocytes ( a type of defensive white blood cell or leucocyte) are immature when they leave the blood vessels but mature and develop rapidly into active cells called macrophages.

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Where do T lymphocytes mature in the body?

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T lymphocytes undergo their final maturation in the thymus, hence why they are called 'T cells'.


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Where do B cells and T cells originate?

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Where do lymphocytes mature so they can attack?

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