Phagocytosis. Several types of cells in the immune system engulf microorganisms via phagocytosis. 1  Neutrophils. 2  Neutrophils are abundant in the blood, quickly enter tissues, and phagocytize pathogens in acute inflammation. 3  Macrophages. 4  Macrophages are closely related to monocytes in the blood.
The 18-foot-high snow sculpture of an octopus sits in the Bartz brother's front yard in New Brighton, Minnesota. For the fifth consecutive year, a trio of brothers in New Brighton, Minnesota, has transformed their front yard into a snowy sculpture garden. This year the Bartz Brothers - Austin, 21, Trevor, 20 and Connor, 17 - have built an 18-foot-high octopus out of snow in their front yard, reports the Star Tribune. Since Christmas, about 8.3 inches of snow has fallen near New Brighton. Daytime highs have ranged from the 20s to the 30s, with temperatures at night as low as 7 degrees on New Year's Eve, said weather.com meteorologist Quincy Vagell.
Normal December snowfall is 14 inches in Boulder. Entering the month of November, Boulder already had documented its ninth-snowiest year on record, with 110.3 inches of snow. November added just 6.3 inches. That brought the annual total to 116.6 inches and made 2013 the sixth-snowiest year on record, with the full month of December to go.