Zoology - Human Health and Diseases Question with Solution | TestHub

The immune cells like macrophages have the ability to "eat" or "devour" pathogenic cells by ingesting them. This process of cell-eating is called phagocytosis. Phagocytosis can be defined as a process to ingest of engulf other cells or particles. The ingested particle is surrounded by a vesicle called endocytic vesicles that help in digestion.

Phagocytosis is a type of endocytosis. If a cell takes is fluid substances making endocytic vesicle is called pinocytosis.