phagocytes Flashcards

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Describe how bacteria are destroyed by phagocytes.

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Phagocyte attracted by a substance / recognises (foreign) antigen;

Accept named substance eg chemical / antigen

  1. (Pathogen)engulfed / ingested;

Accept: description

  1. Enclosed in vacuole / vesicle / phagosome;
  2. (Vacuole) fuses / joins with lysosome;
  3. Lysosome contains enzymes;

Accept named example of enzyme

  1. Pathogen digested / molecules hydrolysed;
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