phagocytosis: Quick Facts

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A four-step diagram shows a single-celled organism engulfing and digesting a food particle by phagocytosis, illustrating entrapment, vacuole formation, lysosome fusion, and digestion inside the cell.

MRSA and neutrophil

Observe the human immune response phagocytosis

Examine stained images distinguishing phagocytes from bacteria during phagocytosis

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Topics

white blood cell autophagy macrophage Kupffer cell phagotrophy phagocyte pinocytosis endocytosis bone marrow blood cell formation myeloblast lymphoblast normoblast erythroblast

Key People

Élie Metchnikoff

Élie Metchnikoff

Russian-born biologist

Aschoff, Karl Albert Ludwig

Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff

German pathologist

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Characteristics of the Human Body