Page 95 - The Miracle of the Blood and Heart

Blood: The Incomparable
Liquid of Life

In addition to all this, the immune system has a special
function that assists the phagocytes, by developing antibodies
against most foreign bodies such as bacteria. These antibodies
adhere to the bacterial membranes and make them susceptible
to phagocytosis. Amazingly, the antibody does this by binding

Macrophages attack enemy cells they
recognize by their surfaces and display
parts of enemies on themselves. This
signal announces the presence of an
enemy in the body and initiates the
immune response.

(2) Macrophage engulfs the
(1)Macrophages microbe and displays some
attack the microbe. parts on its surface.

(3) The immune
response is initiat-
ed.
Microbe

Infected body Monocytes
cell
(4) Proteins are
Mature macrophage secreted.
Natural
killer cells
Natural killer cells (5) Monocytes begin (6) Body
attack infected body maturing into temperature
cells. macrophages. rises.

(1) The macrophages attack the microbe. A local inflammation is initi-
ated. (2) The macrophages display parts of the microbe on their
surfaces. (3) This activates the specific immune response, and (4)
causes proteins to be secreted. (5) Some proteins stimulate the
maturation of monocytes. (6) And some others cause fever. Adnan
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