Plasma Membranes and Cell Transport

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Name of cell model used to describe structure of cell membrane
Fluid Mosaic
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Units in which water potential is measured
Kilopascals
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Typre of protein that moves molecules from one side of a membrane to another
Carrier
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Typre of endocytosis which brings fliud into the cell
Pinocytosis
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When water has left a cell causing the cytoplasm to shrink away from the cell wall
Plasmolysed
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Net movement of water molecules through a partially permeable membrane
Osmosis
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Way in which substances are removed from a cell within a vesicle which fuses with the plasma membrane
Exocytosis
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Water potential of pure water
Zero
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A molecule which will mix with water but not with lipids
Hydrophillic
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A measure of the ability of a solution to absorb water by osmosis
Water Potential
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Two solutions with same water potential
Isotonic
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Bulk movement of substances into a cell by means of the formation of a vesicle
Endocytosis
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A molecule which will mix with fat but not with water
Hydrophobic
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Process descibing the net movement of molecules from high to low concentration
Diffusion
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Type of endocytosis which brings solid material into a cell
Phagocytosis
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These molecules make up the cell membrane bilayer
Phospholipids
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Type of diffusion which requires carrier protein molecules to move molecules across the cell membrane
Facilitated
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Units in which water potential is measured

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Typre of protein that moves molecules from one side of a membrane to another

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Typre of endocytosis which brings fliud into the cell

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When water has left a cell causing the cytoplasm to shrink away from the cell wall

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