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What is the overall function for the cell membrane?

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Maintain Homeostasis

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Interaction of a cell with its surroundings

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Cells take in nutrients (H2O), salts, minerals) dispose of waste and release cell products such as hormones and neurotransmitters.

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What is selectively permeable?

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some substances can pass across them and others cannot.

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The specific structure of the cell membrane depends upon what?

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the function of that particular cell. EX: Red Blood Cells vs White Blood cells.

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Overall description of the cell membrane

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fluid mosaic level.

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What are membrane lipids?

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Phospholipids

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What is the structure of phospholipids?

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Phosphate Polar Head and Fatty Acid tails

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Phosphate Polar heads are…

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hydrophilic (Love water)

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Fatty acid tails are…

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hydrophobic

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Polar heads are found in

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inside and outside surfaces

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Fatty acids are within.

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membrane

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The arrangement of phospholipids determines permeability of substances.

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Polar vs Non Polar

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An additional lipid in the cell membrane

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Steroids

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Function of Cholesterol

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provide stability

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Where are peripheral proteins?

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on either the interior or exterior surfaces of the membrane.

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What is the function of peripheral proteins?

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involved in the biding mechanisms of molecules to the lipid bilayer and assist their activity

Ex: Enzymes for metabolic activity, interaction with biotocins

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Integral proteins are…

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

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Function of Integral proteins…

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  • control the passage of materials (such as channel protein, gated protein, aquapoins, pump proteins, and carrier proteins)
  • Act as chemical markers in order to be recognized
  • Act as receptors
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Example of Chemical markers

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Glycoproteins: integral proteins having specialized carbohydrate chains

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Example of Receptors

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  • Hormones

- Neurotransmitters

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Integral proteins may allow…

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adjoining cells to directly communicate or anchor together.

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What is Passive Transport

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the movement of materials or substances across the cell membrane without requiring ATP

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What is Diffusion

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the process by which particles tend to move from an area where they are more concentrated to an area of lower concentration.

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What is the concentration gradient?

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the difference between concentration of substances

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What are examples of diffusion?
Perfume, food coloring in water
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Diffusion is driven entirely by...
the kinetic energy of the particles
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Final result of diffusion is
the equilibrium (state of balance)
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Equilibrium is when
the concentration of solutes is equal on both sides of the cell membrane
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Random movement of particles continues even
after equilibrium is reached
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Factors that influence whether certain types of substance can pass
-Size -Solubility of the molecules with the phopholipid EX: Nonpolar O2+CO2 can pass while polar H2O cannot.
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What is the solubility principle?
Like dissolves Like
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What is Osmosis
diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane
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What are specialized membrane protens
Auraporins
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What is Isotonic?
the concentration of solute particles outside the cell is the same as the concentration inside the cell. Osmosis occurs equally into and out of the cell EX: IV bag with 0.9% equal saline solution
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What is Hypotonic?
the concentration of solute particles outside the cell is lower or less then the inside of the cell. EX: -IV bag with less than 0.9% saline - Red blood cells in pure H20 - Saltwater fish in fresh water
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HypOtonic may lead to...
cytolysis (dissruption of cells)
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What is Hypertonic?
concentration of solute particles outside the cell is greater than the concentration inside the cell. EX: -freshwater fish in saltwater - Drinking ocean water - Gargling salt water.
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Hypertonic may lead to
Plasmolysis
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Freshwater organisms may have a
contractile vacuole to pump out excess water
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Saltwater fish often possess
pumps to extract salts out of the cell
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Plants possess
a central vacuole to store water but also a cell wall to prevent bursting.
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What is facilitated diffusion?
process of moving substances across the membrane, but requires assistance from membrane proteins.
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Aquaporins are an example of
channel proteins that assist water
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Carrier proteins are
membrane proteins to move substances across
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Facilitaed diffusion is still passive transport since
cell ATP is not needed
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Example of Facilitated Diffusion
Transport of glucose.
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Diffusion may also occur through
Ion channels
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Ion channels are
specialized proteins that move ions across the membrane
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Since ions are charged they are..
not soluble in phospholipids and need assitance to pass
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Ion channels provide passageways for
specific ions to pass
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Active transport is
transport that requires energy
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Cell Membrane Pumps - are - function - EX
- specialized membrane proteins that use energy from ATP to pump small molecules and ions across the membrane. - expends ATP - sodium potassium, Pump: nerve impulses within neurons.
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Bulk Transport is used to...
transport large quantities of molecules into or out of the cell.
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What is endocytosis
process of moving large quantities of material into the cell.
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Endocytosis requires
the formation of a vesicle (Membrane-bound organelle)
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Two types of Endocytosis
Pinocytosis: (cell drinking) large quantities of fluid. Phagocytosis: (cell eating) solid materials (certain White blood cells)
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What is Exocytosis is
the process that moving large quantities of material out of the cell.
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Exocytosis occurs with
Golgi Aperatus
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Endocytosis occurs with
Cell membrane
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Released cell products are often called
Secretion
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Example of Exocytosis
The release of neurotransmitters by neurons and the release of hormones by glands.

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