5.2- Phagocytosis

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What is phagocytosis?
A process by which pathogens are engulfed by a type of white blood cell called a phagocyte
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What type of immune response is phagocytosis?
Non-specific immune response
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How is the phagocyte attracted to the pathogen?
The phagocyte is attracted to the chemical products released by the pathogen
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How does the pathogen approach the phagocyte?
Along a concentration gradient created by the chemical products it releases
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How do the phagocyte and pathogen attach to each other?
The phagocyte contains several receptors on its cell-surface membrane that bind to chemicals on the surface of the pathogen
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Once the phagocyte is engulfing the pathogen, what organelle surrounds it?
Lysosmes
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What has the phagocyte now formed?
A phagosome vesicle
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What is released into the phagosome once the pathogen has been engulfed?
Lysozymes
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What do the lysozymes do to the pathogen?
They destroy ingested bacteria by the hydrolysis of its cell wall
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What happens to the soluble products from the breakdown of the pathogen?
They are absorbed into the cytoplasm of the phagocyte
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