Diapedesis is

a. the process of white blood cells engulfing and destroying invading organisms
b. the process of leukocytes squeezing through pores of the capillary wall into the surrounding interstitial fluid
c. the attraction of white blood cells to areas of injury, inflammation, and bacterial invasion
d. a feature exhibited by platelets
e. the linking together of a foreign cell and a phagocytic cell


B

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