IB Biology HL C3.2.5 Phagocytes Questions

Explore how phagocytes migrate from blood, engulf pathogens and use lysosomal enzymes for non-specific defence in IB Biology HL C3.2.5.

Syllabus
First assessment 2025
Course
Biology HL
Level
HL

Exam points

  • Explain how phagocytes use chemotaxis to leave the bloodstream and reach infected tissues where pathogens or foreign material are detected.
  • Explain phagocytosis as membrane engulfment into a vacuole followed by lysosomal-enzyme digestion and destruction of the pathogen as a non-specific defence.

IB Biology HL C3.2.5 Phagocytes Questions question 1

[Maximum number: 1]

What action(s) can phagocytes perform?

I. Make antibodies
II. Leave the blood stream and enter infected tissues
III. Kill pathogens that they have engulfed

A

I only

B

III only

C

II and III only

D

I, II, and III

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