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19 Cards in this Set
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Cholesterol |
Keep tail untangled. |
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Hydrophobic |
Water hater |
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Fluid Mosaic |
Organization of the plasma membrane |
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Transport protein channel |
Allow large and charged molecules into the cell. |
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Hydrophilic |
Water loving |
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Phospholipid tails |
Fatty acid they are non polar •no charge •hydrophobic |
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Plasma membrane |
Boundary that separates cell from surroundings |
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Peripheral proteins |
Acid in recognition of what can and cannot enter the cell |
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Selectively permeable |
Regulations what enter and leaves the cell and provides protection and support |
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Phosphate head |
•polar •hydrophilic |
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Phospholipid bilayer |
Structure of plasma membrane |
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Exocytosis |
Takes things out of the cell |
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Protein pump |
Carries the proteins |
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Endocytosis |
When the cell takes in large molecules or in large numbers |
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Active transport |
Requires energy (Goes against to concentration gradient) |
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Diffusion |
High ~ low concentration |
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Osmosis |
Diffinition of h2o |
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Facilitated diffusion |
Diffusion of substance with aid of transport protein |
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Passive transport |
No energy |
