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Neutrophils and macrophages attack and destroy bacteria. Neutrophils are mature cells that can ingest bacteria. Macrophages enter tissues and swell ingesting bacteria that is in the tissues and blood stream.
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What is the true regarding macrophages?
A macrophage is a type of white blood cell capable of engulfing and destroying harmful bacteria that have invaded the body
What are formed in the bone marrow and are capable of amoeboid movement?
Macrophages
What is a type of leukocyte?
The seven types of leukocytes are: neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, and lymphocytes. Neutrophils, basophils, esinophils, monocytes and lymphocytes are the five most commonly thought of.
What is a macrophage?
A Macrophage is a white blood cell, produced by Monocytes. Monocytes and Macrophages are both Phagocytes. These work as a part of the human immune system. They act in non-specific "innate" immunity defense and are able to initiate specific "cell-mediated" immunity. The role of a phagocyte is to engulf and "digest"/destroy cell debris or pathogens, such as viruses and bacteria. They are directly responsible for this process called phagocytosis. Macrophages also stimulate Lymphocytes and other immune cells that react to pathogens as what is called an "antigen-presenting" cell, also known as a histiocyte . Macrophages are located throughout the bloodstream, and may be "fixed" or they can be freely motile and capable of amoeboid-like movement.
Which blood cells are capable of amoeboid movement?
WBCs & platelets namely: neutrophils and monocytes
Name 2 cellular components of the immune system capable of destroying other cells?
macrophages and T cells
What is bacteriostatic effect?
Capable of inhibiting the growth or reproduction of bacteria. Different from bactericidal (capable of killing bacteria outright).
Bacteria capable of movement?
spirochetes
What bacteria is capable of movement?
spirochetes
Bacteria capable of movement is what type of pathogen?
Bacilli
What are Heterotrophic bacteria are capable of living in absence of?
oxygen
What is an microbe?
bacteria or viruses, which are capable of causing disease
