What is the primary function of neutrophils in the immune response?
Correct Answer: Phagocytosing and destroying invading pathogens
- Step 1: Understand that neutrophils are a type of white blood cell.
- Step 2: Know that they are part of the innate immune system, which is the body's first line of defense.
- Step 3: Learn that their main job is to find and eat (phagocytose) harmful germs or pathogens that enter the body.
- Step 4: Recognize that after eating the pathogens, neutrophils help destroy them to protect the body from infection.
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