Question

_____A___ in the blood migrates to the specific body tissues and gets differentiated into ____B___.

• A. A – Monocytes, B – Natural killer cells
• B. A – Basophils, B – Monocytes
• C. A – Monocytes, B – Macrophages
• D. A – Neutrophils, B - Thrombocytes

Answer 1

The correct option is C A – Monocytes, B – Macrophages

Monocytes: They are a type of white blood cells. They are large, amoeboid cells with a kidney-shaped nucleus in blood smears. They remain in the blood for a short time and migrate to the tissues to form macrophages.

Macrophages: The monocytes (white blood cells with kidney shaped nucleus) of the blood migrate into tissues and differentiate into macrophages. They are long-lived. They are strongly phagocytic (cell eating) to a wide variety of particulate materials such as microorganisms, dead cells, debris etc.