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Cell Membranes and Transport
- The fluid mosaic model describes the cell membrane as a phospholipid bilayer embedded with proteins.
- Phospholipids are amphipathic; they have hydrophobic fatty acid tails and hydrophilic heads composed of a phosphate group and its attachments.
- The cell membrane is selectively permeable. It is most permeable to small, nonpolar molecules and less permeable or impermeable to larger, nonpolar molecules and ions.
- Passive transport does not require energy. Both simple diffusion and facilitated diffusion are methods of passive transport.
- Osmosis is the diffusion of water down its concentration gradient.
- Active transport requires energy in order to move a substance against its concentration gradient. Cotransport uses the energy of one substance moving down its concentration gradient to move a second substance against its concentration gradient.
- Larger substances can enter the cell via endocytosis, in which the cell engulfs materials by pinching off a portion of the cell membrane to form a vesicle. Molecules may leave the cell via exocytosis.
Cell Membranes and Transport
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- Intro
- Cell Membrane Structure
- Cell Membrane Proteins
- Fluid Mosaic Model
- Peripheral Proteins and Integral Proteins
- Transmembrane Proteins
- Cholesterol
- Functions of Membrane Proteins
- Transport Across Cell Membranes
- Methods of Passive Transport
- Osmosis
- Active Transport
- Endocytosis and Exocytosis
- Receptor Mediated Endocytosis
- Example 1: Cell Membrane and Permeable Substances
- Example 2: Osmosis
- Example 3: Active Transport, Cotransport, Simple and Facilitated Diffusion
- Example 4: Match Terms with Definition
































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