Question

the process used by cells like white blood cells to engulf microorganisms will pseudopods is

a. exocytosis

b. phagocytosis

c. facilitated diffusion

d. osmosis

Answer 1

The process used by cells like white blood cells to engulf microorganisms with pseudopods is

b. phagocytosis

Explanation- Phagocytosis is the ingestion of invading foreign particles such as bacteria by individual cells like WBCs, neutrophils, macrophages etc. When WBCs encounter microorganisms, they engulf it using pseudopodia and destroy it by the process of phagocytosis.

Whereas

Exocytosis is a kind of transportation process in which membrane-bound vesicles containing cellular molecules are transported to the cell membrane.

Facilitated diffusion is a type of diffusion that requires the presence of a transport protein within the plasma membrane.

Osmosis is the movement away from high solvent concentration or towards high solute concentration.

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