Fig. 381. §23 Tiny World
White Blood Cell
White blood cells are the body's defenders: they find and clear away germs.
1Facts
- Shelf
- Tiny World
- Kind
- Built from a recipe
- Sound
- Yes
- Hands-on
- Yes
- Licenses
- Own work (made in the page)
2How to play
Tap it to catch a bacterium and eat it up.
3Its controls
Table I. Every control on this Splash.
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catch a bacterium | Tap | ||
| Engulf | Button | ||
| Color | Color | #cdb4f0 |
4About it
White blood cells are the body's defenders: they find and clear away germs. This one is a neutrophil, the most common kind, which eats bacteria by wrapping itself around them. This is called phagocytosis, which means "cell eating" in Greek.
Tap it and a bacterium swims in from the side. The cell reaches out a cup of its skin around it, draws it inside and closes over it; then tiny grains inside the cell gather on it and break it down until it is gone. Élie Metchnikoff first saw cells eating germs like this, and won a Nobel Prize in 1908.
5Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 59,999 at Low, and up to 650,000 at Max
6Sources and credits
Made in Splashery. Its code is MIT.
