Question

Once a phagocyte has attached to foreign material, that material is ________.

A) degraded externally by enzymes released from a lysosome
B) internalized in a lysosome
C) internalized in a phagosome
D) internalized in a secondary lysosome
E) internalized in the Golgi apparatus

Answer 1

Once a phagocyte has attached to foreign material, it is internalized in a lysosome through the process of phagocytosis. Digestive enzymes and acids from the lysosome then kill and degrade the material.

Step-by-step explanation:

Once a phagocyte has attached to foreign material, it is internalized in a lysosome. Phagocytosis is the process by which a phagocyte engulfs and internalizes foreign material. In this process, the material is enclosed within a phagosome, which then fuses with a lysosome to form a phagolysosome. Digestive enzymes and acids from the lysosome kill and degrade the material in the phagolysosome.