NEET BIOLOGY

CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION

CELL STRUCTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Substances too large to pass through the cell membrane enter the cell in a process called ____
A
endocytosis
B
passive transport
C
exocytosis
D
active transport
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Endocytosis. Endocytosis is a type of active transport that moves particles, such as large molecules, parts of cells, and even whole cells, into a cell.

Detailed explanation-2: -The simplest mechanism by which molecules can cross the plasma membrane is passive diffusion. During passive diffusion, a molecule simply dissolves in the phospholipid bilayer, diffuses across it, and then dissolves in the aqueous solution at the other side of the membrane.

Detailed explanation-3: -Endocytosis and exocytosis are the processes by which cells move materials into or out of the cell that are too large to directly pass through the lipid bilayer of the cell membrane.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Large molecules, polar molecules, and ions, cannot easily pass through the cell membrane. Large molecules, such as glucose, amino acids, and proteins, are simply too big to fit through the phospholipid bilayer.

Detailed explanation-5: -Phagocytosis (literally, “cell eating”) is a form of endocytosis in which large particles, such as cells or cellular debris, are transported into the cell. We’ve already seen one example of phagocytosis, because this is the type of endocytosis used by the macrophage in the article opener to engulf a pathogen.

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