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Which cell type is known as Kupffer cells in the liver?

Monocytes

Granulocytes

Macrophages (correct)

Neutrophils

What characterizes granulocytes?

Are spherical cells (correct)

Contain few to no cytoplasmic granules

Are circulating precursor cells

Are attracted to infected tissues via chemotaxis

Which cell type is referred to as histiocytes in connective tissue?

Monocytes

Neutrophils

Granulocytes

Macrophages (correct)

What is the function of neutrophils during an infection?

Are called into a battle to hasten the destruction of pathogens Signup and view all the answers

Which type of cell is a circulating precursor that can differentiate into either macrophages or dendritic cells?

Monocytes Signup and view all the answers

How do macrophages and neutrophils differ in terms of granules in their cytoplasm?

Neutrophils have more cytoplasmic granules than macrophages Signup and view all the answers

Which cells are considered the body's fast acting, first line of immunological defense against pathogens that have entered the tissues?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

What is the process called in which a phagocyte engulfs a particle or cell?

Phagocytosis Signup and view all the answers

Which bacterium is mentioned as being resistant to the enzymes involved in the phagocytic killing process?

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Signup and view all the answers

Which phagocyte is described as amoeboid in nature and most versatile in the body?

Macrophages Signup and view all the answers

What is the fate of pathogens engulfed by a phagocyte through phagocytosis?

They are killed by lysosomal enzymes Signup and view all the answers

Which cells have evolved to cooperate with lymphocytes as part of the adaptive immune response?