Once a Macrophage Engulfs a Bacterium, What Happens to the Foreign

question 6

Short Answer

Once a macrophage engulfs a bacterium, what happens to the foreign cell?
A) It is released into the lymph system for removal from the body.
B) It is released into the digestive tract for removal from the body.
C) The macrophage is attacked by antibodies, killing the cell and bacterium.
D) Antibodies penetrate the macrophage to lyse the bacterial cell.
E) The bacterium is killed by digestive enzymes released from lysosomes.

• A) It is released into the lymph system for removal from the body.
• B) It is released into the digestive tract for removal from the body.
• C) The macrophage is attacked by antibodies, killing the cell and bacterium.
• D) Antibodies penetrate the macrophage to lyse the bacterial cell.
• E) The bacterium is killed by digestive enzymes released from lysosomes.

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Definitions:

Population

In statistics, the entire pool from which a statistical sample is drawn.

Variance

A statistical measure of the dispersion of data points in a data set, showing how far each point in the set is from the mean and from each other.

Normal Probability Distribution

A bell-shaped curve that is symmetric about the mean, describing how the values of a variable are distributed, indicating most data falls close to the mean.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given random-sample-based statistic.