If a person becomes dehydrated and needs to acquire dissolved solutes rapidly, which cellular process will likely be accelerated?
A) Osmosis
B) Diffusion
C) Receptor-mediated endocytosis
D) Phagocytosis
E) Pinocytosis

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Pinocytosis is the process by which cells take in small droplets of extracellular fluid, including any solutes dissolved within it. This would be the cellular process accelerated to acquire dissolved solutes rapidly in a dehydrated person.

If a Person Becomes Dehydrated and Needs to Acquire Dissolved