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11.2 Action on antibodies - Coggle Diagram
11.2 Action on antibodies
Agglutination
Make easy target
Trapped and destroyed by phagocytes
Coagulate pathogen
Neutralisation
Toxins produced by bacteria
Antibodies bind with toxins
Neutralise the toxin
Precipitation
Antibodies react with dissolved antigens
Form an insoluble complex
(precipitate)
Easily destroyed
by phagocytes
Opsonisation
Antibodies combine with
antigens
Act as a marker
for phagocytes
Recognise the antigens
and destroy them
Lysis
Antibodies combine
with antigens
Cause bacteria to
be broken and decomposed