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=Introduction= toc The Neutrophil is so **powerful** that it kills its teammates while it fights furiously against the bacteria or virus that they act like minefields. There are many types of white blood cells and they all need each other that they are like an army. There are a lot of white blood cells for a lot purposes but all serve a purpose to protect the body. They all have to protect your body from viruses (such as Ebola) and bacteria. They attack so hard that they kill blood cells and their teammates in the process. So what is the main function of the white blood cell. =What is the function of the White Blood Cells?=

The white blood cell destroys bacteria and viruses. There are many kinds of white blood cells to help your body. One white blood cell is the dendritic cell. They get samples of the virus or bacteria and decide what to call in. If it is bacteria it will call in antibacterial forces. Before that happens the Macrophage rush into the place where the bacteria is attacking and if the fight is getting to deadly then they call in the Dendritic cell. When a body cell gets infected, the Helper T cell then activates the Killer T cell and it destroys the infected body cells. But is there a certain structure of the white blood cells that help it defend the body?



=Structures of Antibodies?=

As I said there are a LOT of white blood cells and they come in all shapes and forms. The guard cells have pseudopods that surrounds the bacteria and it is digested. The Antibodies are the things that the B cell makes when it is activated by a Helper T cell. The B cells start to multiply rapidly and then they flood the battlefield with antibodies. The antibodies have a structure that is meant to attach to the surface of the intruder, rendering it helpless or killing it in the process. See the antibodies have a structure that can connect to the bacteria and paralysis it, making it easy for the Macrophages to eat them up. Macrophages are the main guard of your body they destroy intruders. The Dendritic cell goes and gets samples of the bacteria if things are getting tough. Also they have to somehow get to the infection point. They have a structure that if they have to squeeze through blood veins they can. So how does the infamous Ebola effect the immune system?

=How does Ebola affect the Immune System?=

When Ebola is alone it is useless. The only way ebola will get dangerous is by infecting blood cells. First Ebola directly attacks the immune system and takes over the dendritic cell (the brains of the immune system). It Eventually not only stops activating cells it also manipulates the other cells to ending their own lives. The natural killer cell stops some of the infected dendritic cells but is also infected and dies in the process. Then it started taking over the guard cells and then damages every part of the body all at once. If anyone is at that point they have a very high chance of death. But no one should be worried because the only way to get infected is by touching the sweat of the person with ebola or touching their saliva. So just don’t go near or touch the person with Ebola and you’re fine.

=Conclusion= To conclude, white blood cells serve one main purpose and it is to protect your body. The guard cells have pseudopods, which are long arms, they trap the bacteria and destroy them. Some look exactly like red blood cells and can squeeze through tight spaces. Also the most known disease of 2014 Ebola and how it affects your body so effectively. Some people might think that the white blood cells don’t matter to your body, but if you did not have any white blood cells you would die from one measly cut. If you really think about it if you did not have white blood cells, the blood cells would die from a virus or some kind of bacteria and all your organs would shut down and start to fail. Then you would die from organ failure and loss of red blood cells. So do you now question the importance of the white blood cells? =References=

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