neutrophil
Neutrophil
Monocyte?
mast cell is not a lymphocyte mast cell is not a professional phagocyte, but an occasional phagocyte
The Greek verb phagein means "to eat", as in phagocyte or "eating cell"
The word that means the same thing as cell eating is phagocytosis. The outcome is the ingestion of particulate matter, such as bacteria, from the extracellular fluid.
Phagocyte**
All of them!
(phagocyte) - a white blood cell
yes
Monocyte
macrophage
Phagocytes are a type of white blood cell. A phagocyte flows around bacteria, and sort of creates and dent in itself, which the bacteria goes into, and then the phagocyte closes around it, trapping the bacteria. Then the phagocyte secretes enzmes onto the bacteria to digest it.
Phagocytes are a type of white blood cell. A phagocyte flows around bacteria, and sort of creates and dent in itself, which the bacteria goes into, and then the phagocyte closes around it, trapping the bacteria. Then the phagocyte secretes enzmes onto the bacteria to digest it.