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6. Are peripheral membrane proteins embedded?
7. What is pinocytosis?
- cellular synthesis
- cellular death
- cellular drinking
- cellular eating
8. What do glycoproteins do?
- enable cells to be recognized by other cells/proteins
- enable cells to be recognized by polynucleotides only
- enable cells to be recognized by other cells/polynucleotides
- enable cells to be recognized by proteins only
9. What is diffusion rate determined by?
- temperature, size, charge and cytoplasmic fibres
- temperature, size, charge and concentration gradient
- temperature, saturation, charge and concentration gradient
- transmembrane proteins, size, charge and concentration gradient
10. What do desmosomes do?
- hold adjacent cells together, have thin plaques attached to cytoplasmic fibres and membrane cell adhesion proteins
- hold adjacent cells together, have thin plaques attached to cytoskeleton and membrane cell adhesion proteins
- hold adjacent cells together, have dense plaques attached to cytoplasmic fibres and membrane cell adhesion proteins
- hold adjacent cells together, have dense plaques attacked to cytoskeleton and membrane cell adhesion proteins
11. What are thylakoid membranes involved in?
- conversion of light energy in photosynthesis
- conversion of heat energy in photosynthesis
- conversion of mechanical energy in photosynthesis
- conversion of chemical energy in photosynthesis
12. What is secondary active transport?
- uses established gradients and uses ATP indirectly
- uses established gradients and uses ATP directly
- uses established gradients and uses ADP indirectly
- uses established gradients and uses ADP directly
13. What is endocytosis?
- waste matter inside cell
- materials entering cell
- materials being secreted from cell
- another word for pinocytosis
14. What do tight junctions do?
- link adjacent endothelium cells, restrict protein migration, prevent protein synthesis
- link adjacent muscle cells, restrict protein migration, prevent substances moving through intercellular space
- link adjacent epithelial cells, restrict protein migration, prevent substances moving through intercellular space
- link adjacent muscle cells, restrict protein synthesis, prevent substances moving through intercellular space
15. What model describes the plasma membrane?
- fluid mosaic model
- fluid phospholipid model
- phospholipid trilayer model
- fluid bilayer model
16. What is glycolipid?
- a carbohydrate-bound lipid
- a carbohydrate-bound protein
- a carboxylic acid
- a carboxylic-bound lipid
17. What is phagocytosis?
- cellular eating
- cellular drinking
- cellular synthesis
- cellular death
18. What do connexins do?
- snap together to generate a organelle
- snap together to generate a pore
- snap together to generate a membrane
- snap together to generate a protein
19. What is exocytosis?
- materials secreted from cell
- materials entering cell
- waste matter inside cell
- another word for phagocytosis