Question

g their plasma membrane around the bacterium and bringing it inside the cell in a vesicle. By what process do they engulf the bacterium? White blood cells are an important component of our immune system. One thing they do is consume and destroy bacteria by extending their plasma membrane around the bacterium and bringing it inside the cell in a vesicle. By what process do they engulf the bacterium? phagocytosis pinocytosis exocytosis transcytosis receptor-mediated endocytosis

Answer 1

Answer: Phagocytosis

Explanation: this is one of the various ways in which the immune system fights against bacteria and other pathogenic organisms. It does this by extending its plasma membrane outwards forming a structure like a pseudopodia which it utilises to engulf the invading organism.