Detailed answer plz. What does engulfing a bacteria by white blood cells mean?
2007-01-06 12:35:34 · 17 answers · asked by Jiggle Wiggle 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
It means that the white cell moves every part of itself around the bacterium until the bacterium is completely inside the white cell. Then the white cell goes to work on the bacterium until no more is left/ The "engulf" is usually more used to describe the action of macrophages on bacteria and other foreign bodies.
2007-01-06 12:41:19 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Engulf Definition
2016-12-12 04:51:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Detailed answer plz. What does engulfing a bacteria by white blood cells mean?
2015-08-12 01:43:35 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-13 05:15:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
heeeey !! engulfing the bacteria is the way the white blood cells protect our body !! it is the process by which the bacteria is surrounded by a capsule and some times it realeass an enzyme that digests the bacteria and realeas it wether inside the cell if it contain good substances that the cell can use or release it out side the cell by exocytosis !!
2007-01-08 08:15:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To swallow up or overwhelm by or as if by overflowing and enclosing:
Example: The white blood cells engulfed the bacteria.
2007-01-06 12:55:01 · answer #6 · answered by Nikolas S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Engulf means to surround completely.
So the bacteria would be completely surrounded, all sides, top and bottom.
2007-01-06 12:38:07 · answer #7 · answered by L D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
accroding to the dictionery it means to take in completely or eat by an organism
so the bacteria are completly destryed by being engulfed by the wbc s in the body
2007-01-06 15:13:02 · answer #8 · answered by jeffy v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought `something` was engulfed by flames ?
2007-01-06 12:38:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
To overcome, overwhelm or swamp. In your case the bacteria has been swamped by the white blood cells.
In colloquial terms. The pretty girl with the large breasts was engulfed with invitations to the disco by the boys at her school.
2007-01-06 12:39:18 · answer #10 · answered by pshawfocus 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋