Description of the successive stages of phagocytosis of bacterial micro-organisms, like bacilli, by a phagocyte.
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Learning goals
To understand the mechanism of phagocytosis
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The body’s non-specific internal defense processes rely on phagocytosis. This mechanism allows the body to destroy non-specific intruding particles with certain types of leucocytes (white blood…