Endocytosis is a cellular process in which the substance are bought into the cell. It can be food, dissolved particles, damaged cell, et cetera.
It consists of pinocytosis and phagocytosis. The material that has to be ingested inside the cell is surrounded by the area of the cell membrane, which turns into a vesicle that contains the ingested material.
The Pinocytosis can be defined as cell drinking and phagocytosis can be defined as cell eating.
