What is the function of a plasma cell?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. It secretes large amounts of antibody that is specific to one antigen
- Step 1: B cells that are activated divide and differentiate into plasma cells.
- Step 2: Plasma cells are specialised for antibody secretion.
Answer
secretes antibody.
Why not the others: Engulfing is by macrophages; destroying cells is by cytotoxic T cells; memory belongs to memory cells.
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