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Nataliya [291]
3 years ago
10

Complement proteins and antibodies coat a microorganism and provide binding sites, enabling macrophages and neutrophils to phago

cytize the organism. This phenomenon is termed ________.
diapedesis
opsonization
chemotaxis
agglutination
Biology
1 answer:
lora16 [44]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

opsonization.

Explanation:

Opsonization is a term that refers to an immune process where particles such as bacteria are targeted for destruction by an immune cell known as a phagocyte . The process of opsonization is a means of identifying the invading particle to the phagocyte. Without the opsonization process the recognition and destruction of invading agents such as bacteria would be inefficient.

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