Multiple choice

With in which structure, does the pathogen get trapped when a macrophage ingests it?

  1. Antigen antibody complex

  2. Lysosome

  3. Phagolysosome

  4. Phagosome

  5. Plasma membrane
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Explanation

A phagosome is a vesicle formed around a particle absorbed by phagocytosis. The vacuole is formed by the fusion of the cell membrane around the particle. When a macrophage ingests a pathogen the pathogen becomes trapped in a phagosome which then fuses with a lysosome. A phagosome is a cellular compartment in which pathogenic microorganisms can be killed and digested.

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