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Diapedesis

The process by which leukocytes move through the vascular wall by extending pseudopodia.

Chemotaxis

The attraction of leukocytes from the vascular channels towards the site of inflammation within the tissue space guided by chemical gradients.

Opsonins

These are plasma proteins that coated on the material to be phagocytosed.