Human Defence Systems White Blood Cells

Below are diagrams showing the three different ways that white blood cells fight pathogens. Your task is to correctly name each diagram, and then
write in the boxes your own words, what is happening at each stage.

What process is this?

Phagocytosis

What is happening here? What is happening here? What is happening here?

The phagocyte conducts the  receptors detect viral proteins,

As 
Simultaneously, the phagocyte kills

identification and attachment to a  phagocyte binds with the enzyme

the 
and feasts upon the pathogen. The

pathogen.  digest them. Cytoplasm envelopes

to 
pathogen is broken down into proteins

 
and engulfs the pathogen, marking a 
and other molecules. The indigestible

 
start to the acidification process. 
residue is then expelled.

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What process is this?


Antibodies

What is happening here? What is happening here? What is happening here? What is happening here?


The existence of antigens on 
The production of Antibodies join onto 
Antibodies are designated

 surface of pathogens is
the 
antibodies is triggered by antigens, rendering them  particular pathogen and
a


detected by white blood cells.  detection of antigens
the inoperative. Concurrently, 
may produce rapidly

  the surface of
on white blood cells destroy 
should the pathogen

 
pathogens. them as well. 
attempt to re-enter.

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What process is this?

Antitoxins

What is happening here? What is happening here? What is happening here?

Bacteria have the ability to 

The detection of said toxin The antitoxins produced

produce toxins damaging to 

calls forth the white blood neutralizes the consequence

the human body. 

cells to produce antitoxins of the toxins within the body.

 
required. 

  

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