ENDOCYTOSIS

Endocytosis

Endocytosis is an energy-using process by which cells absorb molecules by engulfing them. It is used by all cells of the body because most substances important to them are large polar molecules that cannot pass through the hydrophobic plasma or cell membrane. The opposite process is exocytosis.

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endocytosis

Noun

  1. The process by which the plasma membrane of a cell folds inwards to ingest material.


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