Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, 7th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073403717
ISBN 13: 978-0-07340-371-7

Chapter 3 - Cellular Form and Function - Study Guide - Building Your Medical Vocabulary - Page 111: 5

Answer

The combining form endo means in (or within).

Work Step by Step

An example of the use of this form is in the term endocytosis. "Endo" means "in" or "into" and "cytosis" refers to a cellular process. Endocytosis, transcytosis and exocytosis are three terms that uses the form -cytosis. Endocytosis is the process of taking substances into the cell; transcytosis is the process of moving substances across a cell--captured on one side, taken across and extruded on the other side; exocytosis is the process of moving substances out of a cell. In these three processes, vesicles are very important.
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