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Active Transport |
Movement of materials up thir concentration gradient. Requires engergy. |
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Sodium-Potassium Pump |
Transports Sodium and potassium up their concentration gradients. Type of active transport. |
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Endocytosis |
The process by which cells ingest external fluid, macromolecules, and large particles, including other cells. |
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Pinocytosis |
Endocytosis of fluids and solutes. |
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Phagocytosis |
Type of endocytosis that moves large particles and other cells. |
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Phagocytes |
Cells that ingest bacteria and viruses that invade the body. They then allow lysosomes to fuse with with the vesicles to destroy the virus. |
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Exocytosis |
The process by which a substance is released from the cell. |
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Vesicle |
From the Latin vesicula meaning bladder or sac. |
