Wednesday 3 April 2019

MICROSCOPIC MISADVENTURE

This is a photo taken under a microscope, showing a specialised white blood cell called a monocyte. This cell becomes a macrophage, once in tissue, which it patrols for invaders. It has ingested a yeast cell microorganism (the oval structure inside it), and it will now destroy it. The cell is about 0.03 mm in diameter.

This post is part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Nature Notes meme.

4 comments:

  1. Oh great Nick, haven't seen that in a microscope despite the so many things we also did in class long long time ago. You have a lot of blogs, amazed at how you managed to keep them all running.

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  2. That's fascinating!
    Thank you for sharing at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2019/04/somethings-squirrely-on-april-fools-day.html

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  3. so cool looking
    Melody wishes she could visit this week, but is dealing with life stuff

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