Chapter 5

Question 1

People with this disease experience a progressive impairment of lung and gastrointestinal function

Answer 1

Cystic fibrosis

Question 2

The protein mutated in CF patients

Answer 2

CFTR

Question 3

Thin layer of lipids and proteins that serpeares a cell from its surroundings

Answer 3

Plasma membrane

Question 4

CFTR stands for

Answer 4

Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator

Question 5

Biological membrane components

Answer 5

Lipids and proteins

Question 6

Two major types of biological membrane lipids

Answer 6

Phospholipids and sterols

Question 7

Lipid molecules with carbohydrate groups attatched

Answer 7

Glycolipids

Question 8

Function of the glycocalyx

Answer 8

To protect cells against chemical and mechanical damage

Question 9

Phospholipids permanently embedded in the phospholipid bilayer

Answer 9

Integral membrane proteins

Question 10

Used to form channels through the membrane, helping hydrophilic molecules to pass

Answer 10

Transport proteins

Question 11

depending on the concentration difference moving from high to low concentration

Answer 11

Passive transport

Question 12

Moved molecules against concentration transport from lower to higher concentration

Answer 12

Active transport

Question 13

Transport of no polar inorganic gassed and no polar organic molecules

Answer 13

Simple diffusion

Question 14

Transport of polar and charged molecules

Answer 14

Facilitated diffusion

Question 15

Forming hydrophilic channels in the cell membrane through which water and ions can pass

Answer 15

Channel proteins

Question 16

Gated channels switching between open and closed to transport sodium, potassium, calcium and chloride

Answer 16

Ion channels

Question 17

Types of channel proteins

Answer 17

Aquaporin and K+ voltage hater channel