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When the cell membrane wraps around particles and merges with the rest of the cell membrane to allow the particles inside the cell is called

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Pinocytosis
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Exocytosis
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Endocytosis
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None of the above
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The correct option is C Endocytosis
When the cell membrane wraps around particles and merges with the rest of the cell membrane to allow the particles inside the cell it is called endocytosis. In exocytosis, materials are exported out of the cell via secretory vesicles. Pinocytosis, a process by which liquid droplets are ingested by living cells. Pinocytosis is one type of endocytosis.

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