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What is the process of moving materials in and out of cells as well as throughout the cell?

2007-03-04 10:24:10 · 6 answers · asked by wings_of_imagination 1 in Science & Mathematics Biology

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The process of moving materials into and out of the cell is referred to as endocytosis or exocytosis, depending on whether the material is a small or large solute. Liquids and small solutes move through the membrane of a cell in a process called pinocytosis and larger molecules move through in a process called phagocytosis. Intracellular transport in this manner allows materials to be passed to various organelles throughout the cell.

2007-03-04 11:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by Huffman 1 · 0 0

If you are referring to movement using membranous transport vesicles, this is called endocytosis and exocytosis. If talking about the movement of water, this is osmosis. If talking about the movement of solutes across the membranes this is diffusion of which there is passive diffusion and facitliated diffusion. If moving a solute in or out of the cell against a concentration gradient, this is active transport.

2007-03-04 10:41:25 · answer #2 · answered by Linnea L 3 · 0 0

As well as osmosis, there also passive transport and facilitated diffusion. Passive transport is the movement of particles without the use of energy, which eventually causes equilibrium. Facilitated diffusion is moving particles using energy, because particles are going against the normal gradient.

2007-03-04 12:08:21 · answer #3 · answered by just wondering 3 · 0 0

Transport?

2007-03-04 10:30:34 · answer #4 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0 0

Some sort of cellular transport - diffusion, filtration, filtration, active transport (through vesicular transport or channel proteins)

2007-03-04 10:34:14 · answer #5 · answered by Niotulove 6 · 0 0

Intercellular?

2007-03-04 10:32:04 · answer #6 · answered by Megan 2 · 0 0

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