CLINICAL MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -Blood contains many types of cells: white blood cells (monocytes, lymphocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, and macrophages), red blood cells (erythrocytes), and platelets.

Detailed explanation-2: -Overview. Macrophages begin as monocytes and are produced in your bone marrow. As these white blood cells mature and get released into your bloodstream they travel to and are stored within your spleen, lymph nodes, tonsils, or in your liver.

Detailed explanation-3: -Macrophages are formed through the differentiation of monocytes, one of the major groups of white blood cells of the immune system. When there is tissue damage or infection, the monocytes leave the bloodstream and enter the affected tissue or organ and undergo a series of changes to become macrophages.

Detailed explanation-4: -Macrophages, a kind of white blood cell, are one of the first types of cells at the infection (along with neutrophils). They get to the infection from your blood.

Detailed explanation-5: -Macrophages are professional phagocytes and are highly specialized in removal of dying or dead cells and cellular debris.