World of Biology on Instagram: "Pinocytosis is the process by which a cell takes in small molecules and fluids from the extracellular fluid into the cytoplasm. In my animation these solutes are visualized as balls. Pinocytosis is comparable to eating and drinking of a cell. („pino“ = „drinking“). Pinocytosis is one of the three types of endocytosis. When the cell takes in the fluid, it is stored in a tiny vesicle provided by the cell membrane. Phagocytosis is the process by which Phagocytes (liv