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the passive transport mechanism in which small solutes and water are pushed across a membrane from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
Filtration
fluid mosaic model of the plasma membrane
the plasma membrane consists of a bilayer of phospholipids with proteins and cholesterol interspersed.
the specialization of the plasma membrane that acts to form mechanical links between adjacent cells such that cells are held together in a sheet
desmosomes
cells would swell and burst if put into a
hypotonic solution
glucose is relatively large water soluble molecule that cannot pass directly through the lipids of the plasma membrane. therefore if glucose moves down its concentrationgradient into a cell it must do so by
Facilitation diffusion
the active transport mechanism in which material within a vesicle is released from the cell
exocytosis
the membranous canal system within the cytoplasm that functions to either to synthesis lipids or detoxify harmful substances or store calcium ions
smooth endoplasmic reticulum
certain white blood cells protect the body by phagocytizing bacteria and then digesting these bacteria, such blood cells would have numerous
lysosomes
glandular cells secrete substances and tend to have abundant
golgi apperatus
ribosomal RNA and ribosomal proteins are assembled to form ribosomes within the
nucleolus of the nucleus