| Term | Definition |
|---|
| diffusion | (passive) molecules of liquid, dissolved solids and gases move into or out of cell |
| facilitated diffusion | (passive) diffusion with a transport protein |
| osmosis | (passive) diffusion of water molecules |
| ion pumps | (active) control amounts of specific ions inside a cell |
| exocytosis | (active) vesicles budded off Golgi apparatus or ER can fuse with plasma membrane, expelling their contents |
| pinocytosis | (active, endocytosis) plasma membrane pinches off to trap some of the surrounding fluid in a vesicle |
| phagocytosis | (active, endocytosis) plasma membrane engulfs solid objects and pinches off into a vacuole |
| receptor-mediated endocytosis | (active, endocytosis) proteins with specific receptor sites exposed to extracellular fluids are embedded in membrane |
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