CELLS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Let us now look at some of the individual 'soldiers' in our immune army - namely the cells that are involved in the immune system.
The cells (or individual soldiers) or the immune system are those cells that are known as WHITE BLOOD CELLS.
Like other blood cells, these are manufactured in the bone marrow.
There are two families of white blood cells, and these are known as MYELOID and LYMPHOID blood cells.
As you can see from the diagram below, the cells that form part of the Myeloid family are divided into two sub-families, namely:
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MACROPHAGES (consisting of Monocytes and Tissue Macrophages) |
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GRANULOCYTES (consisting of Neutrophils, Eosinophils, and Basophils) |
The other family of our white blood cells, namely the Lymphoid family, are again subdivided into 2 sub-families, called:
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T-LYMPHOCYTES (which are subdivided into various other subsets) |
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B-LYMPHOCYTES ( which are also subdivided into other subsets, including plasma cells). |
