Question

Robin was suffering from blood cancer. Due to his reduced immunity, he has become prone to various kinds of infectious diseases. Answer the questions that follow:

1. Write the technical term for the above mentioned disease.
2. Mention the specific structure/cell of the blood whose number increases manifold in this disease.
3. Write two main functions of the above mentioned structure/cell of the blood.

Answer 1

1. Leukemia
2. White Blood cells (WBC)
3. Two functions of WBC
   1. Helps in fighting with infections.
   2. Helps in removing damaged tissues and in cleaning up cellular waste.