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Lipid Layer |
a thin polar membrane made of two layers of lipid molecules |
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Phospholipids |
-Main constituent of the membrane -Made of two non-polar fatty acid tails and a polar head |
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Polar Head |
A part of the plasma membrane that is alligned so that they are surrounding the membrane |
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Polar |
-hydrophilic -harder to cross membrane |
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Non-Polar |
-hydrophobic -can more easily pass through membrane |
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Fatty Acid Tail |
-non-polar tail |
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Role of cholesterol in membrane? |
- prevents the phospholipids from moving and sliding past one another -prevents membranes from becoming too cold in rigid temperatures |
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Selective permeability |
only allows certain things to pass through -small particles easily -tends not to be permeable to play unless small -IONS will not pass easily -non polar passes more easily |
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Integral vs Pheripheral |
Intergral - proteins embedded in membrane Pheripheral - Proteins embedded on outside of membrane temporarily |
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Channel Proteins |
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What are proteins made of? |
Amino Acids |
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Facilitated Diffusion |
-Energy is not required because the particles move along the concentration gradient -channel proteins |
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Active Transport |
The second type of transport needs energy because it runs against the concentration gradient. This process is called active transport. -channel proteins |
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Solute vs Solvent |
-A solute is the solid that is dissolved in a liquid. The solvent is the liquid in which something is dissolved in. -For example, with salt water, the Na and Cl are the two solutes, and the H2O is the solvent |
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Hypertonic |
-lower concentration |
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Hypotonic |
-higher concentration |
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Isotonic |
-same concentration |
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What are the three types of transport proteins? |
-Channel -Carrier -Gate |
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Channel Proteins |
-also called pores -small dissolved particles pass through -Ions pass through different proteins depending on size and charge |
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Carrier Proteins |
--change shape to allow different molecules to cross the membrane |
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Gate Proteins |
-Certain chemicals combine with the transport proteins to signal it to "open" -Glucose enters this way |
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Turgor Pressure |
-pressure of water pushing the plasma membrane against the cell wall of a plant cell. |
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Plasmolysis |
-contraction of the protoplast of a plant cell as a result of loss of water from the cell. |
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What are the 3 types of Passive Transport? Do they require energy? |
-DIffusion -Facilitated Diffusion -Osmosis -NO |
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Facilitated Diffusion |
-The cell membrane contains transport proteins that aid to transport particles from HIGH to LOW concentration |
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Osmosis |
-Diffusion of water through membrane (high to low concentration) |
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Diffusion |
-Movement freely through plasma membrane (high to low) |
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What are 2 types of Active Transport? Do they require energy? |
-Endocytosis -Exocytosis -YES |
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What are the 3 types of Endocytosis? What are they responsible for? |
-Phagocytosis =large particles, whole cells ,or solids -Pinocytosis =solutes or fluids -Receptor-aided endocytosis =proteins hook up with another molecule, and indents the cell then pinches off inside cell |
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Explain Exocytosis and what role vesicles play. |
-a reverse process of endocytosis to get rid of wastes -the waste substance is in a vesicle and and fuses with cell membrane until it opens and waste is released |
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Brownian Motion |
-is the random motion of particles suspended in a fluid (a liquid or a gas) resulting from their collision with the quick atoms or molecules in the gas or liquid. |
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Fluid Mosaic Model |
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What is a ligand? |
-Opens "gate proteins" |
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What are two substances that can act as ligands |
-Hormones -neurotransmitters |
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Dynamic Equilibrium |
-In a dynamic equilibrium, the rate of loss is equal to the rate of gain |