Multiple choice

The tactile bodies inside germinal center macrophages are _____________.

  1. the VLA molecules

  2. the Phagocytosed foreign antigen

  3. a sign of macrophage apoptosis

  4. bacterial cell wall components resistant to degradation

  5. the DNA fragments
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E Correct answer
Explanation

There is very extensive apoptotic cell death amongst light zone centrocytes and the resultant DNA fragments are visible as 'tingible bodies' within the macrophages, which have phagocytosed the apoptotic lymphocytes.

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