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DIFFUSION OF WATER

OSMOSIS

SUBSTANCE THAT UNDERGOES OSMOSIS

H2O

FORM OF ENDOCYTOSIS THAT INVOLVES ENGULPHING LIQUIDS. (AKA. "CELL-DRINKING")

PINOCYTOSIS

PROTEIN THAT SPANS THE WIDTH OF THE PLASMA MEMBRANE

TRANSMEMBRANE

A TYPE OF MOLECULE THAT LOVES WATER!!!

HYDROPHILIC

SOLUTION WHICH IS LESS CONCENTRATED RELATIVE TO A SECOND SOLUTION

HYPOTONIC

PORTION OF A SOLUTION THAT IS PRESENT IN THE LARGER QUANTITY

SOLVENT

THE COMMON NAME FOR A 'LIPID'

FAT

PORTION OF THE PLASMA MEMBRANE THAT IS HYDROPHILIC

PHOSPHATE HEAD

A TYPE OF PROTEIN THAT SPEEDS UP CHEMICAL REACTIONS

ENZYME

EXTRA-CELLULAR FLUID (IE. AREA OUTSIDE OF THE CELL)

ECF

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN ANIMAL CELL IS PLACED INTO A HYPERTONIC SOLUTION

CRENATION

THIS IS THE RESULT OF PLACING A PLANT CELL INTO A HYPOTONIC SOLUTION

TURGOR PRESSURE

ENERGY CURRENCY OF THE CELL

ATP

THIS IS A STRUCTURE CELLS HAVE TO INCREASE THEIR SURFACE AREA

VILLI

THIS IS THE AREA WHERE RECEPTORS ARE LOCATED ON THE CELL MEMBRANE

COATED PITS

THIS IS WHAT THE PLASMA MEMBRANE IS COMPOSED OF

PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER

AN ORGANELLE THAT ONLY PLANT CELLS HAVE

CELL WALL

THIS IS ACHIEVED WHEN SOLUTIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF A SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE ARE THE SAME CONCENTRATION

EQUILBRIUM

THIS IS A FORM OF ENDOCYTOSIS IN WHICH SOLID PARTICLES ARE ENGULFED BY THE CELL (AKA. "CELL-EATING")

PHAGOCYTOSIS

THIS IS A FORM OF ACTIVE TRANSPORT IN WHICH SOLUTE EXITS THE CELL

EXOCYTOSIS

THIS IS A FORM OF TRANSPORT WITHIN THE CELL WHICH REQUIRES NO ENERGY INPUT

PASSIVE TRANSPORT

THIS TYPE OF PROTEIN IS FOUND ON THE SURFACE OF MEMBRANES

PERIPHERAL

THIS IS THE CURRENT ACCEPTED MODEL FOR THE CELL MEMBRANE

FLUID MOSAIC MODEL

THIS TYPE OF PROTEIN IS FOUND EMBEDDED WITHIN THE CELL MEMBRANE

INTEGRAL

THIS IS A TYPE OF SUBSTANCE THAT IS SIMULTANEOUSLY HYDROPHILIC AND HYDROPHOBIC

AMPHIPATHIC

THIS IS A TYPE OF PROTEIN THAT ASSISTS IN FACILITATED DIFFUSION AND FORMS A TUNNEL THROUGH THE CELL MEMBRANE

CHANNEL PROTEIN

THIS IS A SMALL MOLECULE WHICH IS OFTEN FOUND IN THE CELL MEMRANE (TOO MUCH CAN KILL YOU!!!)

CHOLESTEROL

CELLS WANT TO DECREASE THEIR VOLUME IN ORDER TO INCREASE THIS

SURFACE AREA

THIS INCREASES AS OBJECTS INCREASE IN SIZE (HINT: NOT SURFACE AREA :) )

VOLUME

THIS IS A SMALLER VERSION OF A VACUOLE

VESICLE

THIS IS A MEASURE OF A SOLUTION'S TONICITY

CONCENTRATION GRADIENT

THIS IS THE BROAD CATEGORY WHICH INCLUDES PHAGOCYTOSIS, PINOCYTOSIS AND RECEPTOR MEDIATED ____________________.

ENDOCYTOSIS

THIS IS A SOLUTION WHICH IS HIGHER IN SOLUTE CONCENTRATION THAN THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT

HYPERTONIC

THIS IS AN ANALOGY FOR THE CELL MEMBRANE

GATE-KEEPER

THIS IS THE LAYMAN'S TERM FOR HYDROPHILIC

"WATER-LOVING"

THIS IS THE WORD USED WHEN A SUBSTANCE IS UNABLE TO PASS THROUGH A MEMBRANE

IMPERMEABLE

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PLANT CELL IS PLACED IN A HYPERTONIC ENVIRONMENT

PLASMOLYSIS

THIS IS A TYPE OF PROTEIN USED IN BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TRANSPORT (HINT: LOCK AND KEY)

CARRIER PROTEIN

THIS IS THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A TYPE OF MEMBRANE THAT ALLOWS SOME SUBSTANCES TO PASS THROUGH BUT NOT OTHERS

SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE