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What type of white blood cells kill pathogens by engulfing them?
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∙ 12y ago
Phagocyte
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∙ 12y agothe macrophage is the first line of defense for the immune system, they are the cells that engulf the invading pathogens.
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∙ 12y agoThey are called phagocytes.
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∙ 12y agoneutrophil and monocytes
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∙ 11y agoPhagocytes
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What kind of white blood cells destroy pathogens by surrounding and engulfing them?
Lymphocytes.
Which cells are able to protect the body by engulfing foreign cells or producing antibodies?
White-Blood Cells. Either Pathogens, or Lymphocytes.
Process by which phagocytes destroy pathogens is called?
PhagocytosisPhagocytes make up three-quarters of the body's white blood cells. They destroy pathogens by engulfing them.It's called phagocytosis. Macrophages mainly phagocytose the pathogens.
How do white blood cells eat?
by engulfing the bacteria
White blood cells keep you healthy by engulfing?
Body cells that have died
What do white blood cells have to do with pathogens?
White blood cells protects us (humans) by preventing pathogens from entering the body.
What blood cells engulfing eating disease causing bacteria is an example of what?
White blood cells engulfing and destroying disease-causing bacteria is an example of immunity.
Which cells are able to protect the body by engulfing foreign cells or producing anitibodies?
White blood cells
What surrounds and destroys pathogens in the blood?
White blood cells
What happens after a white blood cell destroys a pathogen?
The cell will expel the phagosome that the pathogen was in through exocytosis.
What blood cells kills bacteria?
You Must mean White blood cells. White blood cells kill bacteria by first engulfing them, this process i believe is called phagocytocis. They literally eat the bacteria and digest it.
What can white blood cells do?
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