Biology
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781259188121
Author: Peter Stiling, Robert Brooker, Linda Graham, Eric Widmaier
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 53, Problem 2TY
The leukocytes that are found in mucosal surfaces and that play a role in defending an animal’s body against
- a. neutrophils.
- b. eosinophils.
- c. basophils.
- d. monocytes.
- e. NK cells.
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