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The process of eating is also called Phagocytosis. The process of cell 'drinking' is called Pinocytosis
Endocytosis
Endocytosis:==> Phagocytosis or Pinocytosis. Endocytosis is the name given to the process of cells absorbing molecules. Pinocytosis is intended for small molecules Phagocytosis is for large particles. (larger then ~around 0.75 µm in diameter)
Endocytosis; bulk transport into the cell.
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phagocytosis
Phagocytosis is the cellular intake of large molecules (e.g. proteins, polysaccharides) by pseudopodia; a large food vacuole is formed. Pinocytosis is the cellular intake of small molecules dissolved in the extracellular fluid; a smaller vesicle is formed. In both cases, matter is entering the cell.
Pinocytosis is the introduction of fluids into a cell by invagination of the cell membrane, followed by formation of vesicles within the cells. Phagocytosis is the engulfing and ingestion of bacteria or other foreign bodies by phagocytes.
Process by which the cell takes in digested foods and other chemicals is called endocytosis. Cells absorb molecules by engulfing them during endocytosis.This process is called as endocytosis and consist of phagocytosis ( eating by cell ) or pinocytosis ( drinking by cell ).
Cells perform endocytosis through membrane movement. Endocytosis is a type of Bulk Transport, which involves the movement of larger particles (vesicles) through the membrane in and out. Endocytosis involves Phagocytosis or Pintocytosis. Phagocytosis: when cells engulf particles via pseudopodia ("false feet"), which is packaged in the membrane into an enclosed sac, and once inside the cell, it becomes a vacuole. Pintocytosis: when cells GULP extracellular fluids and makes them into vesicles. The fluids are unimportant but gulped anyway for the molecules within it.
Phagocytosis Added: A more precise answer here is that this is a form of endocytosis. Phagocytosis usually is particle engulfing without the vesicle, necessarily.
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