Question

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A pathogenic bacterium has invaded a person's bloodstream. Draw a series of diagrams to describe how a phagocytic cell would react to this invasion. Label your drawings and provide a one-sentence written description to go with each diagram in the series you create. ​

Answer 1

Diagram 1: A pathogenic bacterium invades the bloodstream.

Shows a bacterium entering the bloodstream.

Diagram 2: A phagocytic cell encounters the pathogenic bacterium.

Shows a phagocytic cell encountering the bacterium.

Diagram 3: The phagocytic cell engulfs the bacterium.

Shows the phagocytic cell extending pseudopods around the bacterium and engulfing it to form a phagosome.

Diagram 4: The phagosome fuses with a lysosome.

Shows the phagosome fusing with a lysosome to form a phagolysosome.

Diagram 5: The bacterium is destroyed.

Shows the bacterium being destroyed by enzymes and other substances within the phagolysosome.

Diagram 6: The phagocytic cell removes the remains of the bacterium.

Shows the phagocytic cell expelling the remains of the bacterium through exocytosis.