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WBC can squeeze through walls of blood vessels and get into intercellular spaces to fight against germs , which property of WBCs allows them to do this ?

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Diapedesis is the migration of blood cells, especially WBCs (leucocytes), through the intact walls of blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to fight foreign agents.
The white blood cells are very small in size and are capable of amoeboid movement by changing the body shape according to the requirement. This property of WBC helps them to squeeze through the walls of blood vessels.

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