Immune Response
The immune response occurs at the site of injury, in response to cell damage.
- Vessel activation and margination.
- Neutrophils tumble and adhere to vessel wall.
- Diapedesis of neutrophils, leaving a chemotaxic trail.
- Macrophages follow trail and phagocytize foreign bodies.
- Macrophages secrete growth factor for repair.
Repair of wounds follows the stages of...
- Inflammation.
- Reconstruction.
- Maturation.