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Phagocytes ingest and destroy foreign matter or microorganisms.

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What is the process in which an animal cell engulfs bacterial cells?

phagocytosis


When the cell membrane engulfs fluid droplets it is called?

Pinocytosis


What happens when a Cell engulfs large food particles?

Well, that's the idea. When cell engulfs materials, it is called endocytosis. When cell drinks materials, it is called pinocytosis. I hope that helped.


What is the process called when a cell surrounds a large particle with pseudopodia and then engulfs it?

Phagocytosis is the process by which a cell engulfs a large particle by extending pseudopodia around it and bringing it into the cell in a membrane-bound vesicle.


What is the transport of engulfing?

It is when the cell engulfs a particle. Once the particle is engulfed it lets it go into the cell forming a vacuole.


What is transport of engulfing?

It is when the cell engulfs a particle. Once the particle is engulfed it lets it go into the cell forming a vacuole.


How does the cell engulf liquid of small particles of matter?

Phagocytosis (cell eating) - form of endocytosis(folding in of cell membrane to trap material from the outside) ; cell membrane engulfs solid particles by wrapping around itPinocytosis (cell drinking) - form of endocytosis; cell engulfs liquids by sucking it in


When a cell engulfs large fragments of water it is called?

When a cell engulfs large fragments of water, it is called "pinocytosis." This process involves the cell taking up extracellular fluid and any solutes dissolved in it by invaginating its membrane to form small vesicles.


What is pinocytosis and phagocytosis accomplished by in a cell?

Pinocytosis is the process by which a cell engulfs liquids or small particles by forming vesicles. Phagocytosis, on the other hand, is the process by which a cell engulfs solid particles by forming pseudopods around the particle to form a vacuole. Both processes are accomplished by the cell's plasma membrane.


When the cell engulfs large fragments of matter it is called . Select all that apply.?

Phagocytosis


What is exotosis?

the transpot of materiel out of a cell by means of a sac or vesicle that first engulfs the materiel -elise


What type of blood cell engulfs invaders and destroys them with enzymes?

White Blood Cells.

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