When germs sneak in, neutrophils are usually the first white blood cells to arrive. They are fast, and they come in big numbers.
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Neutrophils are a kind of white blood cell. They are the most common kind in your blood.
Each one is round and full of tiny grains. Its nucleus looks like a string of lobes, often three to five blobs joined together.
They do not live long. Your bone marrow makes huge numbers of new ones every day.
Neutrophils can throw out sticky nets made from their own DNA. The nets trap germs so they cannot get away!
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