BLOOD CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM LYMPHOID ORGANS
LYMPH NODES
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Question
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Which of the following processes is the ingestion of microbes and debris by neutrophils and macrophages?
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exocytosis
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pinocytosis
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phagocytosis
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humoral immunity
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Phagocytosis is a conserved cellular process for ingesting and eliminating large (≥0.5 m) particles, including microorganisms, foreign substances, and apoptotic cells.
Detailed explanation-2: -Phagocytosis consists in recognition and ingestion of particles larger than 0.5 m into a plasma membrane derived vesicle, known as phagosome. Phagocytes can ingest microbial pathogens, but importantly also apoptotic cells.
Detailed explanation-3: -phagocytosis, process by which certain living cells called phagocytes ingest or engulf other cells or particles.
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