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I'm thinking this is the process in which the lysosome is invalved in.

During phagocytosis, does the lysosomes take in wastes at high pressure and release the waste at low pressure. Or the other way around?

Or am I thinking this happens in the lyzozyme of lyzozome?

Thanks for the help-

2006-08-15 16:14:48 · 3 answers · asked by thunderbomb90 3 in Science & Mathematics Biology

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Phagocytosis
Phagocytosis (literally, "cell eating") is a form of endocytosis where large particles are enveloped by the cell membrane of a (usually larger) cell and internalized to form a phagosome, or "food vacuole."
In animals, phagocytosis is performed by specialized cells called phagocytes, which serve to remove foreign bodies and thus fight infection. In vertebrates these include larger macrophages and smaller granulocytes, types of blood cells. Bacteria, dead tissue cells, and small mineral particles are all examples of objects that may be phagocytosed. Virulent bacteria may need to be coated in antibodies before it is possible to consume them. Certain pathogenic bacteria, such as those of leprosy and tuberculosis, are resistant to phagocytosis.

In many protists, phagocytosis is used as a means of feeding, providing part or all of their nourishment. This is called phagotrophic nutrition, as distinguished from osmotrophic nutrition which takes place by absorption. In some, such as amoebae, phagocytosis takes place by surrounding the target object with pseudopods, as in animal phagocytes. In other protozoa, for instance ciliates, there is a specialized groove or chamber in the cell where phagocytosis takes place, called the cytostome or mouth. The resulting phagosome may be merged with lysosomes containing digestive enzymes, and the resulting material is absorbed into the cytosol.
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Phagocytosis occurs when the material contained within the vesicles consists mainly of particulate matter. Phagocytosis permits the uptake and degradation of particles whose sizes approach that of the cell itself.

Phagocytosis is triggered by an interaction between receptors on the surface of the phagocytic cell and molecules present on the surface of the material being ingested. At least two groups of receptors have been identified on mammalian phagocytic cells:

A group of proteins known as the complement system which circulate in the bloodstream and extracellular fluids. These bind non-selectively to foreign particles and promote their uptake by binding to complement receptors present on the surface of phagocytic cells.
Organisms also produce antibodies that bind selectively to foreign particles, including bacteria and viruses; the coating of antibody molecules promotes phagocytosis of the foreign particles because the antibodies bind to Fc receptors carried by phagocytic cells.

2006-08-15 16:24:12 · answer #1 · answered by Yinzer from Sixburgh 7 · 0 1

this is the process by which cells engulf and destroy microorganisms and cellular debris. Includes 5 stages.... Invagination , Engulfment , Internalization and formation of the phagocyte vacuole, Fusing of lysosomes to digest the phagocytosed material and finally the release of digested microbial products.

2006-08-15 16:21:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The cell membrane engulfs the wastes, the lyzosome simply is a way of transport.

2006-08-15 18:21:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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