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The most active phagocytic white blood cells are:
A
eosinophils and lymphocytes
B
neutrophils and monocytes
C
neutrophils and eosinophils
D
lymphocytes and macrophages
Detailed Solution
Phagocytosis is the engulfing and destruction of foreign organisms and particles by cells.
Neutrophils are the most abundant white blood cells (60 to 65 percent of the total WBCs) and are phagocytic.
Monocytes (6 to 8 percent) are also phagocytic; they leave the blood and change into macrophages in the tissues.
Neutrophils and monocytes are the phagocytic cells that destroy foreign organisms entering the body.
Eosinophils resist infections and are associated with allergic reactions, and lymphocytes (B and T cells) are responsible for the specific immune responses; they are not the main phagocytes.
So the most active phagocytic white blood cells are neutrophils and monocytes.
Neutrophils are the most abundant white blood cells (60 to 65 percent of the total WBCs) and are phagocytic.
Monocytes (6 to 8 percent) are also phagocytic; they leave the blood and change into macrophages in the tissues.
Neutrophils and monocytes are the phagocytic cells that destroy foreign organisms entering the body.
Eosinophils resist infections and are associated with allergic reactions, and lymphocytes (B and T cells) are responsible for the specific immune responses; they are not the main phagocytes.
So the most active phagocytic white blood cells are neutrophils and monocytes.