Some WBCs leave the blood vessels by a mechanism called ____. 

A. osmosis
B. diffusion
C. diapedesis
D. osmotic pressure
E. filtration

C. diapedesis
Some WBCs leave the bloodstream by squeezing through blood vessel walls in a process known as diapedesis.

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