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What is the hydrophilic head of a phospholipid? - ANS Polar, interacts with water



What are the hydrophobic tails of a phospholipid? - ANS Nonpolar, avoid water



What do phospholipids form in water? - ANS Bilayer with heads outward, tails inward



What do integral proteins do? - ANS Span the membrane



What are peripheral proteins? - ANS Attached to the membrane surface



What are the functions of membrane proteins? - ANS Transport, enzymatic activity, signal
transduction, cell-cell recognition, intercellular joining, attachment



What role do membrane carbohydrates play? - ANS Involved in cell-cell recognition



What is the fluid mosaic model? - ANS Membrane is flexible with proteins embedded



How do hydrophobic molecules cross the membrane? - ANS Easily

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, What do hydrophilic molecules/ions need to cross the membrane? - ANS Transport proteins



Why can't ions/polar molecules cross the membrane efficiently? - ANS Due to charge



What is the order of crossing rates for molecules? - ANS Small nonpolar > small polar > large
polar > ions



What do channel proteins provide? - ANS Hydrophilic tunnel



What do carrier proteins do? - ANS Change shape to move molecules



What is diffusion? - ANS Movement from high to low concentration



What is osmosis? - ANS Diffusion of water



What is facilitated diffusion? - ANS Passive transport using proteins



What is a concentration gradient? - ANS Difference in concentration (stores potential energy)



What happens in a hypertonic solution? - ANS Cell loses water



What happens in a hypotonic solution? - ANS Cell gains water



What is an isotonic solution? - ANS No net movement


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