Question

________________________: (cell eating). A process in which large food particles are engulfed by the cell and brought into the cell for intracellular digestion.

Answer 1

Answer:

Phagocytosis

Explanation:

Phagocytosis involves the feeding on solid food materials by individual cells. It is carried out by protozoa such as amoeba. When an amoeba approaches the microorganism, several finger-like projections called pseudopodia are formed that enclose the food forming food vacuole.

Answer 2

Answer:

Phagocytosis

Explanation:

The process by which the cell takes large particles inside itself is called phagocytosis. Phagocytosis is a type of endocytosis, the general process for taking large molecules into the cell.

Phagocytosis is performed only by some specific cells, such as the cells of the immune system, where they engulf and destroy pathogens.

The cell membrane is flexible and fluid, and when it encounters a large particle or cell it would like to engulf, it contacts the particle and creates a pocket, which eventually encloses the membrane.

The particle is then enclosed in a compartment in the cytoplasm called a phagosome, and is protected from the rest of the cell contents. From here, the cell can break down the products in the phagosome.