Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)

Published by Benjamin Cummings
ISBN 10: 032191855X
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-855-0

Chapter 15 - Innate Immunity - Questions For Review - Visualize It! - Page 470: 1c

Answer

Ingestion of microbes by phagocytes.

Work Step by Step

After phagocytes adhere to pathogens, they extend pseudopods to surround the microbe. The encompassed microbe is internalized as the pseudopods fuse to form a food vesicle called a phagosome.
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