Part 1: Cell story
I am a colorless cell living in blood and body fluids of my host’s body. My name is Leukocyte, but other cells call me white cell. When my host has an infection, signals go to marrow and special glands to create more white blood cells. I was manufactured in red marrow of bones and my some of my friends were born in special glands elsewhere in the body. There is a white cell club where only the largest blood cells can enter. Their main duty is to protect their host from infectious diseases as a solider and maintain the immune function. In the white cell club, there are 6 types of leukocytes such as, lymphocytes, macrophage, neutrophil, eosinophil, and basophil. I belong to neutrophil sector. Our group, neutrophils, makes up the majority of total white cells. For instance, we have an outstanding popularity of 50% to 70% of white cells. Mature neutrophils like me are twice the size of red blood cells and has a segmented nucleus. My role is to ingest bacteria and invaders unfamiliar in the body. Moreover, I can squeeze through tiny blood vessels and leave bloodstream to enter other tissues that are being attacked by foreign invaders. I have worked in my host’s body for 18 days which means I got 2 more days left to finish my duty. Healthy person has 4 and 11 thousand leukocytes in every cubic inch of blood. When leukocytes count drops, my host will experience immune degradation. On the contrary, too much leukocytes count in the body will cause leukemia.
Part 2: The Making of Cell Story
I asked questions like what is the function of leukocyte? What is the life cycle of leukocyte? What types of leukocytes are there? What is the structure of leukocyte? What happens when leukocytes count drops? How many leukocytes does the healthy person carry? to create my own cell story. I used EBSCO Host, YouTube and google for my research tool. I started with the google to narrow down what I wanted to know about specifically. Then, I used EBSCO for academic research. To verify and cite the information I found, I checked if the website and author was credible. It was difficult to find the right article for function and structure of leukocyte in EBSCO and gale because it was irrelevant to what I was looking for and too professional. However, I still got some useful information about leukocyte. I think I could have done better by making my cell story more interesting.
Sources
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=160&ContentID=35