Common symptoms include: 1  Pain or tenderness in your face, jaw joint area, neck and shoulders, and in or around the ear when you chew, speak, or open your mouth wide. 2  Problems when you try to open your mouth wide. 3  Jaws that get stuck or lock in the open-or closed-mouth position.
Fimbriae: 1  Structure: Similar to pili, but shorter and more abundant on the cell surface. 2  Function: Adhesion of cells to surface and formation of pellicles (biofilms) containing thin sheets of cells on a liquid surface.
Macrophages. The macrophage is a vital type of white blood cell. A macrophage is a kind of swallowing cell, which means it functions by literally swallowing up other particles or smaller cells.ne of the most important functions of the macrophages is that they can activate the acquired immune system! After a macrophage has eaten and digested a particle, it displays some of the broken down germ proteins (antigens) on its cell surface.