Consider the following statements:

Phagocytosis is the process by which certain living cells called phagocytes ingest other cells.

Amoeba and white blood cell are examples of phagocytes.

Phagocytosis can be a means of feeding.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Question

Phagocytosis is the process by which certain living cells called phagocytes ingest or engulf other cells or particles.
The phagocyte may be a free-living one-celled organism, such as an amoeba, or one of the body cells, such as a white blood cell.
In some forms of animal life, such as amoebas and sponges, phagocytosis is a means of feeding.
In higher animals phagocytosis is chiefly a defensive reaction against infection and invasion of the body by foreign substances (antigens).

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Phagocytosis is the process by which certain living cells called phagocytes ingest or engulf other cells or particles.
The phagocyte may be a free-living one-celled organism, such as an amoeba, or one of the body cells, such as a white blood cell.
In some forms of animal life, such as amoebas and sponges, phagocytosis is a means of feeding.
In higher animals phagocytosis is chiefly a defensive reaction against infection and invasion of the body by foreign substances (antigens).

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