Multiple choice

What happens to a microbe after it is covered in antibodies?

  1. A red blood cell attacks

  2. They get sneezed out of the body

  3. A Phagocyte digests it

  4. Nothing
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C Correct answer
Explanation

When antibodies bind to a microbe, they often act as a marker that makes it easier for phagocytes (a type of white blood cell) to identify and engulf the pathogen through a process called phagocytosis.

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