Is an important aspect of the immune system that causes a foreign object to be found and destroyed by several cellular structures.

The overtaking or engulfing of the solid object, molecule, or particle will become a cellular object referred to as a phagosome.

It may also be referred to as a vacuole

Several molecules initiate activation and attachment to the foreign object by Macrophages and Neutrophils.

Once engulfed, the foreign object becomes a phagosome.

It then becomes attached and fuses with the lysosome component to a cell.

Digestive enzymes within the cellular structre,  cause a degradation of the phagosome.

The result is cellular death or also called Apoptosis

Take a look at an InterActive explanation of this process below: