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: 1f

Answer

Elimination by exocytosis.

Work Step by Step

Digestion is not always complete, and phagocytes eliminate remnants of microorganisms via exocytosis, a process that is essentially the reverse of ingestion. Some microbial components are specially processed and remain attached to the cytoplasmic membrane of some phagocytes.
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