Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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Chapter 20, Problem 1VC
(a)
Summary Introduction
To determine:
Whether the change on the wall of the vessel will help the organism to spread to other locations.
Concept introduction:
White blood cells or leukocytes are formed as same as RBCs by a process called erythropoiesis. White blood cells are agranulocytes or granulocytes and lack hemoglobin. They are defensive cells which provide protection against the pathogen.
(b)
Summary Introduction
To explain:
The progress of the disease in the case when organisms are able to survive phagocytosis.
Concept introduction:
White blood cells or Leucocytes have no pigment so; it is called White blood cells. It has property to defend the body against invading pathogens. They engulf the pathogens by phagocytosis and export them out of the body.
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