Question
Which blood cells can engulf bacteria by phagocytosis?
Eosinophil and basophil
Basophil and lymphocyte
Neutrophil and monocyte
Neutrophil and lymphocyte
Solution
C.
Neutrophil and monocyte
Phagocytosis, process by which certain living cells called phagocytes ingest or engulf other cells or particles.
White blood cells or leucocytes are known as most active or motile constituent of blood as well as lymph the other options given i.e., neutrophil and monocyte are the types of WBC, which are phagocytic in nature and has the property of destroying foreign organisms or particles entering the body.
