6.2 Flashcards
(10 cards)
Hypertonic
More solutes, less water, wants water
Hypotonic
Less solutes, more water, wants solutes
If a situation has more water on the left side, and the right has more solutes, where will the water move to?
The right.
Isotonic means what?
That a situation has hit equilibrium
Membrane carbohydrates include?
Glycolipids and glycoproteins
What is the key role of membrane carbohydrates?
Key-role in cell recognition, ability to distinguish cells from other types of cells, important in tissue development, basis for rejection by foreign cells.
Diffusion is the net movement of particals that goes from what.
Higher to lower concentration.
Simple diffusion:
Facilitated diffusion:
Active transport:
Sd: Particles go through membrane, small and nonpolar, high to low
Fd: Particles go through channels, polar or charged, high to low
At: Uses ATP, low to high
How do large molecules go through cells?
Vesicles carry them
Exocytosis:
Endocytosis:
Exo: Vesicles bring molecules out of cell
Endo:Vesicles bring molecules into cell