The function common to neutrophils, monocyte & macrophages is –
Correct Answer: Phagocytosis
Description: Phagocytes
Micro-organisms entering the tissue fluid or bloodstream are very rapidly engulfed by the cells called phagocytes.
Phagocytic cells are of two types :
Mononuclear macrophages: Monocytes (blood), histiocytes (tissues), alveolar macrophages (lung), kupffer cells (liver), microglia (brain), osteoclasts (bone), and mesangial cells (kidney).
Polymorphonuclear microphages: Neutrophils.
Basophils also belong to polymorphonuclear microphages but they are not phagocytes.
Eosinophils have only a limited degree of phagocytic activity.
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