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Eosinophils attack and kill parasites, destroy cancer cells, and help with allergic responses.

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Basophils re small cells that appear to sound an alarm when infectious agents invade your blood. They secrete chemicals such as histamine, a marker of allergic disease, that help control the body's immune response.

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Neutrophils kill and digest bacteria and fungi. They are the most numerous type of white blood cell and your first line of defense when infection strikes.

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Lymphocytes create antibodies to defend against bacteria, viruses, and other potentially harmful invaders.

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Monocytes have a longer lifespan than many white blood cells and help to break down bacteria.

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Normal individuals can destroy allergens, but people who are "allergic" cannot defend themselves. You could have allergies to animals, food, or plants. Some allergic reactions are so extreme they can kill.

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AIDS is one of the most well known diseases that can hurt the immune system. AIDS is a disease where specific cells of the immune system are killed. Without those cells, the immune system cannot work properly and even minor diseases can kill the organism.

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One of the most important parts of the immune system is the skin . Your skin is usually the first defense your body has against disease. There is far more chance you will get dangerous bacteria or viruses on your skin and hands than breathe those microorganisms in your lungs.

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The immune system works with all of the body's systems. It acts almost like a police system. It works more closely with the circulatory system as it uses blood vessels for transport.

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An autoimmune disease arises from an abnormal immune response to a normal body part. There are lots of different types of autoimmune diseases. This can affect pretty much any body part. Common symptoms include slight fevers and feeling drowsy. Often symptoms come and go.

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The immune systems job is to protect the body. It fights diseases, viruses and infections. It also heals wounds and makes it so that every other part of the body can do its job safely. The immune system can learn so that it can fight reoccurring diseases faster. The immune system does its job extremely well.

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These blood cells are made in the bone marrow and protect the body against infection. If an infection develops, white blood cells attack and destroy the bacteria, virus, or other organism causing it.

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The Spleen filters the blood by removing old or damaged blood cells and helps the immune system by destroying bacteria and other foreign substances.

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Red bone marrow produces red and white blood cells. Yellow marrow produces some white blood cells.

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The lymph nodes filter lymph fluid as it flows through them, trapping bacteria, viruses, and other foreign substances, which are then destroyed by special white blood cells.

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The tonsils are the first line of defense against infections in the throat.