Now let's begin with neutrophils. Neutrophils are phagocytic cells and what that means is when they move into our skin tissue they begin to engulf these pathogens. So these pathogens once again could be bacterial cells. They can be some type of viral agent in which case these viruses will infect our cells. And what these neutrophils can do is actually engulf those cells that have been infected by our virus. Now, what about basophils?