What cells in the human body are amorphous? What are the functions of amorphous cells?
I think white blood cells are. “Morph” means shape, the “A” before it means without and white blood cells (also known as “leukocytes,” leuk being white, cyte being cell) are like amoebas in that they have no true form but are just tiny, individual blobs. This formlessness is useful because it allows them to engulf pathogens like a mouth and sometimes even the body’s own cells if, say, a cell was corrupted by a virus and the WBC couldn’t identify it because of this. Then you know what comes next: Destruction of that potential trouble-maker.
