RETICULOENDOTHELIAL CELLS

A system of interstitial cells that includes all the phagocytic cells, which trap and consume foreign agents, except the leukocytes circulating in the bloodstream. This system forms a network throughout the body and is another of the body's defense systems against invading organisms in the connective tissues of the body. See also Leukocytes; Phagocyte.
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