Cell Membrane

Question 0

Selectively permeable

Answer 0

Some substances may pass through while others may not

Question 1

Cell membrane function

Answer 1

Maintain homeostasis within a cell

Question 2

Structure relates to

Answer 2

Function

Question 3

Membrane lipids are aka

Answer 3

Phospholipids

Question 4

Structure of phospholipids

Answer 4

1) phosphate polar heads

2) fatty acid tails

Question 5

Phosphate polar heads are

meaning

Answer 5

Hydrophilic which means water loving

Question 6

Fatty acid tails are

meaning

Answer 6

Hydrophobic meaning water repelling

Question 7

Peripheral proteins

Answer 7

Located on the interior and exterior surfaces of the membrane

Question 8

Integral proteins

Answer 8

Are embedded in the bilayer and are exposed to at least one or both surfaces of the membrane

Question 9

Glycoproteins

Answer 9

Are integral proteins having specialized carbohydrate chains attached to it

Question 10

Passive transport

Answer 10

The movement of materials across the cell membrane without requiring ATP

Question 11

Diffusion

Answer 11

The process in which particles move from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration

Question 12

Concentration gradient

Answer 12

The differences btw concentrations of substances in different areas

Question 13

Equilibrium

Answer 13

State of balance

Question 14

Osmosis

Answer 14

The diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane

Question 15

Isotonic

Answer 15

The concentration of solute particles outside the cell is the same as the inside of the cell

Question 16

Hypotonic

Answer 16

Concentration of solute particles outside the cell is lower than the concentration of solute inside of the cell

Question 17

Hypertonic

Answer 17

Concentration of solute particles outside the cell is higher than the concentration of solute inside the cell

Question 18

Cytolosis

Answer 18

The bursting of cells

Question 19

Facilitated diffusion

Answer 19

The process of moving substances across the membrane but requires assistance from me range proteins

Question 20

Aquaporins

Answer 20

A type of channel protein that assists proteins

Question 21

Carrier proteins

Answer 21

Membrane proteins that change shape to move substances across the cell membrane

Question 22

Ion channels

Answer 22

Specialized membrane proteins that move move specific ions across the cell membrane

Question 23

Active Transport

Answer 23

Requires ATP to move substances from low to high concentration

Question 24

Cell membrane pump

Answer 24

Specialized membrane proteins that use energy from ATP to pump small molecules or ions across the cell membrane

Question 25

Endocytosis

Answer 25

The process of moving large quantities of materials into the cell

Question 26

Vesicle

Answer 26

Membrane bound organelle formed from the cell membrane forming a pocket around the particle

Question 27

Pinocytosis

Answer 27

Cell drinking

Question 28

Phagocytosis

Answer 28

Cell eating

Question 29

Exocytosis

Answer 29

Process that moves large quantities of materials out of the cell