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Phagocytes are
cells that
protect the body by
ingesting harmful foreign particles, bacteria, and dead or
dying cells.
Their name
comes from the Gr**** phagein...
- and
small mineral particles are all
examples of
objects that may be
phagocytized. Some
protozoa use
phagocytosis as
means to
obtain nutrients. The history...
- In immunology, the
mononuclear phagocyte system or
mononuclear phagocytic system (MPS) also
known as the
reticuloendothelial system or
macrophage system...
- also
known as
Hargraves cell, is a
neutrophil or
macrophage that has
phagocytized (engulfed) the
denatured nuclear material of
another cell. The denatured...
- cytotoxicity.
Vacuolization may be
present in a cell that has
recently phagocytized foreign matter.
Monocytes can
migrate into
tissues and
replenish resident...
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which is
typically filled with
purulent exudate (dead neutrophils,
phagocytized bacteria, and
other cellular components).
Fluid may
drain freely from...
- a
vesicle formed around a
particle engulfed by a
phagocyte via phagocytosis.
Professional phagocytes include macrophages, neutrophils, and
dendritic cells...
- antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity, the
pathogen does not need to be
phagocytized to be destro****.
During this process, the
pathogen is
opsonized and bound...
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immune system that
enhances (complements) the
ability of
antibodies and
phagocytic cells to
clear microbes and
damaged cells from an organism,
promote inflammation...
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neutrophils contain a
nucleus divided into 2–5 lobes.
Neutrophils are a type of
phagocyte and are
normally found in the bloodstream.
During the
beginning (acute)...
