Plasma membrane - Answers the boundary that separates the living cell from its surroundings
the plasma membrane is - Answers selectively permeable
what are responsible for controlling passage across cellular membranes - Answers transport proteins
fluid mosaic model - Answers The membrane is a mosaic of protein molecules bobbing in a fluid bilayer
of phospholipids
membranes are held together by - Answers weak hydrophobic interactions
what can move sideways within the membrane - Answers most lipids and some proteins
peripheral proteins - Answers bound to the surface of the membrane
what penetrate the hydrophobic core - Answers integral proteins
integral proteins that span the membrane are called - Answers transmembrane proteins
cell-surface membrane functions - Answers transport
enzymatic activity
signal transduction
cell-cell recognition
intercellular joining
attachment to the cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix
cells recognize each other by - Answers binding to molecules, often containing carbohydrates, on the
extracellular surface of the plasma membrane
Membrane carbohydrates may be covalently bonded to what (forming what) or to what (forming what)
- Answers lipids (forming glycolipids)
or
proteins (forming glycoproteins) (more common)
A cell must exchange materials with its surroundings, a process controlled by - Answers the plasma
membrane
what are selectively permeable, regulating the cells molecular traffic - Answers plasma membranes
, What can dissolve in the lipid bilayer and pass through the membrane rapidly? - Answers hydrophobic
(nonpolar) molecules
(Ex. hydrocarbons)
What allow passage of hydrophilic substances across the membrane - Answers Transport proteins
other transport proteins, called carrier proteins do what - Answers bind to molecules and change shape
to shuttle them across the membrane
A transport protein is specific for what - Answers the substance it moves
the tendency for molecules to spread out evenly into the available space - Answers diffusion
although each molecule moves randomly, diffusion of a population of molecules may be - Answers
directional
substances diffuse down their - Answers concentration gradient
the diffusion of a substance across a biological membrane is ? because no energy is expended by the cell
to make it happen - Answers passive transport
passive transport - Answers the movement of substances across a cell membrane without the use of
energy by the cell
The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane is called - Answers osmosis
water diffuses across a membrane from the region of ? solute concentration to a region of ? Solute
concentration until the solute concentration is equal on both sides - Answers lower, higher
What facilitates the transport of ions - Answers ion channels
some ion channels, called what, open or class in response to a stimulus - Answers gated channels
facilitated diffusion is passive because - Answers the solute moves down its concentration gradient, and
the transport requires no energy
some what can move solutes against their concentration gradient - Answers transport proteins
active transport requires energy from what to move substances across their concentration gradient -
Answers ATP hydrolysis
active transport - Answers Energy-requiring process that moves material across a cell membrane against
a concentration difference
Small molecules and water enter or leave the cell through what or via what - Answers through the lipid
bilayer or via transport proteins