OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
CELL BIOLOGY
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Question
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The process of consumption of liquid food is
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Phagocytosis
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Exocytosis
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Pinocytosis
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Pinocytosis refers to intake of liquid by an animal cell by the cellular invagination whereas phagocytosis means intake of solids by an animal cell. Pinocytosis is also called cell drinking whereas phagocytosis is called cell eating.
Detailed explanation-2: -pinocytosis, a process by which liquid droplets are ingested by living cells.
Detailed explanation-3: -Phagocytosis is the process by which a cell engulfs and internalizes a large particle, such as a bacterium, by extending its membrane around it. Pinocytosis is similar, but instead the cell engulfs droplets of extracellular fluid, taking in any dissolved substances within.
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