Explain the differance between Pinocytosis and Phagocytosis?
Pinocytosis and Phagocytosis : The cell membrane occasionally invaginates or indents to capture extracellular fluids in a process called pinocytosis. The invagination becomes pinched off to form a pinocytic vesicle. Taking up of solid particles is called phagocytosis. Both pinocytosis and phagocytosis are types of endocytosis, the prefix meaning in.
Cells may expel liquids or solids by the reverse process, exocytosis, the prefix meaning out. The transport vesicle fuses with the cell membrane and opens to expel the contents from the cell.