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Question
CBSEENBI12047130

Squeezing of leucocytes out from the endothelium of capillaries to fight foreign agents. is known as

  • haemolysis

  • diapaedesis

  • phagocytosis

  • rouleaux

Solution

B.

diapaedesis

Leukocyte extravasation, less commonly called diapedesis, is the movement of leukocytes out of the circulatory system and towards the site of tissue damage or infection. This process forms part of the innate immune response, involving the recruitment of non-specific leukocytes.