Question

Which is not phagocytic?

• A. Monocyte
• B. Basophil
• C. Neutrophil
• D. Histiocyte

Answer 1

The correct option is B Basophil

Phagocytes are cells that protect the body by ingesting harmful foreign particles, bacteria, and dead or dying cells. The professional phagocytes are the monocytes, macrophages, neutrophils, tissue dendritic cells and mast cells. Histiocyte is a stationary phagocytic cell present in connective tissue.

Basophils differ from eosinophils and neutrophils in that they are not phagocytes; instead, they degranulate to perform their immune function.

So, the correct answer is 'Lymphocytic/Basophil'.