Question

A white blood cell (WBC) encounters bacteria in a scrape on the knee of a child who has fallen off of his bicycle. The WBC’s job is to take the bacteria inside of itself and destroy the bacteria. If the bacteria cannot be moved across the WBC membrane, how will the WBC most likely take it in?

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is - phagocytosis.

Explanation:

Phagocytosis is a type of endocytosis that also engulfs the solid material including microbial pathogens like bacteria and others. In immunity response macrophages, neutrophils and. immature dendritic cells are white blood cells that perform the phagocytosis process to kill the microbes and antigens.

Phagocytosis ingests and digest pathogens and develops an adaptive immune response an essential part of the innate immune system. WBC will most likely take it in through phagocytosis in the given case.