T lymphocytes assist other white blood cells in immunologic processes including maturation of b cells into plasma cells.
b cells creat antibodies and turn into plasma cells as stated above.
Phagocytes are the white blood cells that protect the body by ingesting harmfull foreign particals, bacteria, and dead or dying cells, the name comes from the greek phagein (to eat or devour) and -cyte (the suffix in biology denoting cell from the greek kutos, "hollow vessel" they are essential for fighting infections and for subsequent immunity.
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