Contrast the following terms:?

Question

A. Phagocytosis

B. Pinocytosis

C. Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis

Answer 1

All three terms are endocytosis. Phagocytosis is the term for engulfing solid. Pinocytosis is the term for engulfing liquid. Receptor-mediated endocytosis is a more specific active event where the cytoplasm membrane folds inward to form coated pits. These inward budding vesicles bud to form cytoplasmic vesicles.

Answer 2

A. phagocytosis: cell engulfing solids

B. pinocytosis: cell engulfing liquids

C. receptor-mediated endocytosis: cell engulfing solid/liquid only after a ligand binds to the appropriate receptor on the membrane