Assertion: circulatory system's cell | /r/CapableOf | ingest parasite
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text: Many different types of hemocytes have been described in different species, but they have been studied most extensively in insects, in which four major types and functions have been suggested: (1) phagocytic cells that ingest foreign particles and parasites and in this way may confer some nonspecific immunity to the insect; (2) flattened hemocytes that adhere to the surface of the invader and remove its supply of oxygen, resulting in its death; metazoan parasites that are too large to be engulfed by the phagocytic cells may be encapsulated by these cells instead; (3) hemocytes that assist in the formation of connective tissue and the secretion of mucopolysaccharides during the formation of basement membranes; they may be involved in other aspects of intermediate metabolism as well; and (4) hemocytes that are concerned with wound healing; the plasma of many insects does not coagulate, and either pseudopodia or secreted particles from hemocytes (cystocytes) trap other such cells to close the lesion until the surface of the skin regenerates.