Phagocytosis Flashcards

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Pathogens produce chemicals and other toxins that attract phagocytes

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Phagocytes recognise foreign antibodies on the pathogen as foreign

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The phagocytes engulfs the pathogen, putting it into a specialised vacuole called a phagosome

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The phagosomes combined with a lysosome, which contains digestive enzymes to form a phagolysosomes

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Enzymes in the phagolysosomes break down pathogens which are moved out of the phagocytes by exocytosis

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