Multiple choice

Neutrophils squeeze through the pores of blood vessels by the process of

  1. chemotaxis

  2. diapedesis

  3. opsonization

  4. phagocytosis

  5. margination

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B Correct answer
Explanation

It is the passage of blood cells through the unruptured wall of a blood vessel into the surrounding tissues. The white cells may exhibit diapedesis to fight infection in the tissues surrounding blood vessels. The neutrophils are the first to arrive through diapedesis at the site of an infection.