The term for cells that eat is phagocytes. For example, macrophages which eat invading organisms in the human body would be called a phagocytic cell. "Phag" comes from the Greek which means "eat."
A macrophage is a type of white blood cell (leukocyte) which can phagocytose (eat and digest) bacteria and debris.
White blood cells. B Cells specifically.
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This is phenomena known as cellular immunity in which macrophages of body eats the invading cell but before that the foreign cell have to modify by MHC or some other type of molecules in the body so that these macrophagic cell can identify the forieng invading cell. Macrophages cells in different part of body are known by different name such as in nervous system they are known as neuroglial cell, in live known as kuffer cells etc.
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A macrophage is the type of white blood cell that surrounds and kills invading cells.
Macrophages, sometimes called phagocytes, engulf pathogens and cell debris and trigger T-cells and B-cells.
These are known as "phagocytes" and include neutrophils and macrophages.
B-cells and T-cells can both kill the invading bacteria. B-cells:- create antibodies which kill the bacteria. T-cells:-attack them directly or call in white blood cells. The T-cells also remember the T-cells also remember the type of bacteria and then protect themselves from that bacteria invading again. I hope this answered your question, and helped you out. :)
B cells produce antibodies. Specifically plasma cells (a type of B cells, which are meant to produce large quantities of B cells very quickly, and memory B cells, which are meant to last in your body for a long time so you can respond to the same kind infection more quickly the next time.
It is a type of leukocyte, or white blood cell, but it has no ability to ingest or destroy invading bacteria. It activates other white blood cells or antibodies to react with the invading organism.
Phagocytes are a type of white blood cell, and they surround and eat invaders in the body.
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