Chemotaxis refers to the release of chemicals that dispatch white blood cells and platelets to areas of injury.
The term chemotaxis is derived from two words chemo, meaning a chemical substance and taxis meaning movement of an organism in response to a stimulus such as light or the presence of food.
The release of chemicals in case of injury is an example of positive chemotaxis which leads to the healing of the wound.
Neutrophils, which are a type of white blood cell that help in healing damaged tissues and resolving infections, migrate to places where there is an infection or tissue injury.
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