The structure that produces antibodies is: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The structure that produces antibodies is:
A. Macrophage
B. T lymphocyte
C. Neutrophil
D. Plasma cell (B cell)
Answer: Option D
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Plasma cells, differentiated from B lymphocytes, are the factories that produce and secrete large amounts of antibodies (immunoglobulins) specific to an antigen. Macrophages phagocytose, T cells regulate or directly kill, neutrophils phagocytose bacteria.

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