macrophages

Question 1

steps of phagocytosis

Answer 1

-chemotaxis and adherence of microbe to phagocyte
-formation of phagosome
-fusion of phagosome with lysosomes to form phagolysosome
-digestion of ingested microbe by enzymes
-formation of residual body containing indigestible material

Question 2

what is the protein complex that holds pathogen on an antigen presenting cell called

Answer 2

MHC (major histocompatibility complex)

Question 3

what MHCs responsible for

Answer 3

presenting the broken down pathogen on the surface of the macrophage

Question 4

what does the MHC allow a macrophage to do

Answer 4

-move around the body and come into contact with other WBCs
-trigger the adaptive/specific immune response