7 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Amihipathic - answer- a hydrophilic and hydrophobic region; phosholipid is this
Fluid mosaic model - answer- How phospholipids and proteins are arranged in the
membrane of cells; membrane is a fluid structure with a mosaic of various proteins
embedded or attached to a bilayer of phospholipids
Integral proteins - answer- Proteins that Penetrate the hydrophobic core of the lipid
bilayer, completely embedded in the membrane, some of which are transmembrane
proteins that span the membrane completely
Transmembrane proteins - answer- Span the whole membrane
Peripheral proteins - answer- Proteins that are not embedded in the lipid bilayer at
all; loosely bound to the surface of the membrane
Glycolipids - answer- Membrane carbohydrates that are covalently bonded to lipids
Glycoproteins - answer- Membrane carbohydrates that are covalently bonded to
proteins
Davson-Dinelli sandwich - answer- Theory that describes a phospholipid bilayer
between two layers of proteins
Cause of familial hypercholesterolemia - answer- Defective LDL receptors on the cell
membranes
Selective Permeability depends on - answer- Type of transport proteins that are
present in membrane and bilayer, being permeable to primarly small, nonpolar
molecules
oligosaccharides - answer- Cell to cell regocnition depends on
Function of cholesterol in animal cell membranes - answer- Maintains membrane
fluidity
Isotonic - answer- Normal tonicity condition for animal cells
Hypotonic - answer- Normal tonicity condition for plant cells
Great proportion of unsaturated phospholipids - answer- What factor would tend to
increase membrane fluidity?
Production of cell walls by plant cells - answer- Process of exocytosis is important in