The nursing instructor explains that future exposure to an antigen previously encountered elicits a much faster response as the result of what cells forming memory cells?
A) T cells
B) Lymphocytes
C) Monocytes
D) B cells
D
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After being activated, the B cells form memory cells that will produce antibodies for immediate release in the future if the antigen is encountered again. Although lymphocytes, monocytes, and T cells will then join in the battle to destroy the antigen, they do not produce memory cells as the B cells do.
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