Lymphocytes and Phagocytes

There are two types of white blood cell, phagocytes and lymphocytes.LymphocytesLymphocytes are white blood cells involved in the specific immune response. The specific immune response is less rapid but longer lasting and target particular pathogens.There are two types of specific response, humoral and cell-mediated.B lymphocytes carry out the humoral response which involves manufacturing antibodies and secreting them into the blood.T lymphocytes kill infected cells.This is called the cell-mediated response.PhagocytesPhagocytes are white blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria, foreign particles or cells marked for destruction due to antigens on their cell surface or antibodies bound to their cell surface. They include monocytes, macrophages and neutrophils.