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  2. Phagocytosis - Wikipedia

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    Phagocytosis (from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phagein) 'to eat' and κύτος (kytos) 'cell') is the process by which a cell uses its plasma membrane to engulf a large particle (≥ 0.5 μm), giving rise to an internal compartment called the phagosome. It is one type of endocytosis. A cell that performs phagocytosis is called a phagocyte.

  3. Light-dependent reactions - Wikipedia

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    The electron in the higher energy level is unstable and will quickly return to its normal lower energy level. To do this, it must release the absorbed energy. This can happen in various ways. The extra energy can be converted into molecular motion and lost as heat, or re-emitted by the electron as light (fluorescence).

  4. Extracellular digestion - Wikipedia

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    The enzymes catalyze the digestion of the food, i.e., diffusion, transport, osmotrophy or phagocytosis. Since digestion occurs outside the cell, it is said to be extracellular. It takes place either in the lumen of the digestive system, in a gastric cavity or other digestive organ, or completely outside the body. During extracellular digestion ...

  5. Phagocyte - Wikipedia

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    Unbound phagocyte surface receptors do not trigger phagocytosis. 2. Binding of receptors causes them to cluster. 3. Phagocytosis is triggered and the particle is taken up by the phagocyte. Phagocytosis is the process of taking in particles such as bacteria, invasive fungi, parasites, dead host cells, and cellular and foreign debris by a cell. [22]

  6. Photosynthesis - Wikipedia

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    Photosynthesis (/ ˌ f oʊ t ə ˈ s ɪ n θ ə s ɪ s / FOH-tə-SINTH-ə-sis) [1] is a system of biological processes by which photosynthetic organisms, such as most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, convert light energy, typically from sunlight, into the chemical energy necessary to fuel their metabolism.

  7. Photophosphorylation - Wikipedia

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    The energy of P680 + is used in two steps to split a water molecule into 2H + + 1/2 O 2 + 2e-(photolysis or light-splitting). An electron from the water molecule reduces P680 + back to P680, while the H + and oxygen are released.

  8. Your Body Never Forgets Muscle. So Here's How Long It ... - AOL

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    The exact amount of time it takes will vary depending on the amount of time away from the goal, your level of experience prior to taking a break, and more. Improves efficiency.

  9. Photosynthetic efficiency - Wikipedia

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    The following is a breakdown of the energetics of the photosynthesis process from Photosynthesis by Hall and Rao: [6]. Starting with the solar spectrum falling on a leaf, 47% lost due to photons outside the 400–700 nm active range (chlorophyll uses photons between 400 and 700 nm, extracting the energy of one 700 nm photon from each one)