Practice Practical: Connective Tissue

6.  When you have an immune response, which cell secretes massive amounts
of antibodies into the blood stream.  Pass your pointer over the photograph to learn the answer.

 

 

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macrophage: cleans up debris, does not secrete large amounts of antibodiesmast cells secrete histamine; produce receptors to IgE which triggers response

 

Plasma cells (p) do not secrete histamine; they secrete large quantities of antibodies into blood stream