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Assertion: WBCs accumulate at site of wounds by diapedesis.
Reason: It is squeezing of leucocytes from endotheium.

A

If both the assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of the assertion .

B

If both the assertion and reason are true but reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion .

C

If the assertion is true but the reason is false.

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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B
During a wound , germs are removed by the process of phagocytosis by WBC. WBCs accumulate at the site of wound by diapedesis .Diapedesis is the squeezing of leucocytes out from the endothelium of capillaries to flight against foreign agent .
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