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What is the colour and shape of white blood cells?


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Blood:

  1. Blood is a body fluid and consists of plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
  2. White blood cells also known as leucocytes protect us from illness and disease.
  3. In the bone marrow,white blood cells are made.
  4. The types of blood cells are -Monocytes, Lymphocytes, Neutrophils, Basophils, and Eosinophils.
  5. They produce antibodies, that fights with the foreign agents which attack the human body.
  6. They have life span of 12- 20 days.

White blood cells are colourless and keep on changing their shape so they do not have any definite shape.


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