Question

With reference to endocytosis define:
a. Phagocytosis
b. Pinocytosis

Answer 1

Phagocytosis(cell eating)

intake of solid particles by cell

Pinocytosis

intake of tiny droplets by a cell

Answer 2

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Explanation:

Phagocytosis, process by which certain living cells called phagocytes ingest or engulf other cells or particles. The phagocyte may be a free-living one-celled organism, such as an amoeba, or one of the body cells, such as a white blood cell.

In cellular biology, pinocytosis, otherwise known as fluid endocytosis and bulk-phase pinocytosis, is a mode of endocytosis in which small particles suspended in extracellular fluid are brought into the cell through an invagination of the cell membrane, resulting in a suspension of the particles within a small vesicle ...