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A process by which the contents of a cell vacuole are released to the exterior through fusion of the vacuole membrane with the cell membrane.

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Exo- means "outside" and -cytosis means "cell." so exocytosis means "out of the cell." Exocytosis refers to the process where a cell vacuole is expelled out of the cell.

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Is the process exocytosis materials that are taken into a cell?

Does exocytosis mean materials enter or exit the cell? Exocytosis means that materials exit the cell. Endocytosis means material enters the cell.


Which process is occurring when a vesicles fuses with the cell membrane and releases its contents outside the cell?

osmosis


Is exocytosis a bacteria that can become deadly?

Exocytosis is not a species of bacteria. Exocytosis is a method of transporting substances out of cells.


How so you you the scientific word exocytosis in a sentence?

It is exocytosis


What is a example sentence for exocytosis?

Membrane-bound secretory vesicles are carried to the cell membrane by exocytosis.


When the contents of a vesicle are released by the cell?

When the content of a vesicle are released by the cell


What molecules use exocytosis?

Large molecules use exocytosis =D


Which vesicular transport methods expels material from the cell?

Exocytosis


How do vacuoles release waste from cell?

The process by which a cell expels wastes from a vesicle is exocytosis. Exocytosis is the opposite process of endocytosis since it involves moving items outside to the extracellular space.


What rides the cell of material by discharging it from sacs at the cell surface?

peanut butter ...Thats a nice answer but no. Its exocytosis.


What is an everyday analogy for exocytosis?

exocytosis is where products fuse out of the cells eg secretion


Active transport process by which materials are secreted or expelled from a cell?

exocytosis not glycolysis because glycolysis is the making of glucose