Cell membrane structure and functions
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| 15225683037 | Selective Permeability | Allows some substances to cross more easily than others | 0 | |
| 15225683038 | Amphipathic | molecule that has both a hydrophillic region and a hydrophobic region such as a phosopholipid |  | 1 |
| 15225683040 | Integral Proteins | Proteins that extend through the phospholipid bilayer. |  | 2 |
| 15225683042 | Glycoproteins | proteins that have carbohydrates covalently bonded to them | 3 | |
| 15225683044 | Concentration Gradient | a difference in the concentration of a substance across a space | 4 | |
| 15225683046 | Osmosis | The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane | 5 | |
| 15225683047 | Transport Proteins | proteins that help to transport substances across cell membranes |  | 6 |
| 15225683048 | Aquaporins | Channel proteins that help massive amount of water pass through the membrane; a lot in our kidneys | 7 | |
| 15225683049 | Passive Transport | movement of materials through a cell membrane without using energy | 8 | |
| 15225683050 | Isotonic | a solution whose solute concentration equals that inside a cell; the cell will not change |  | 9 |
| 15225683051 | Hypertonic | the solution with the greater concentration of solutes than that inside the cell; the cell will lose water to its environment--> Cell will shrivel up |  | 10 |
| 15225683052 | Hypotonic | the solution with the lower concentration of solutes than that inside the cell; water will enter the cell -> Cell will swell and burst |  | 11 |
| 15225683053 | Osmoregulation | The control of water balance | 12 | |
| 15225683055 | Plasmolysis | As a plant cell shrivels its plasma membrane pulls away from the wall |  | 13 |
| 15225683056 | Facilitated Diffusion | passive transport of ions or polar molecules across a plasma membrane by transport proteins | | 14 |
| 15225683057 | Active Transport | transport of a substance through a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires energy |  | 15 |
| 15225683059 | Exocytosis | process by which a cell releases large amounts of material by vesicles |  | 16 |
| 15225683060 | Endocytosis | the movement of a substance into a cell by a vesicle | 17 | |
| 15225683061 | Phagocytosis | a type of endocytosis in which microbes are taken in by immune cells of animals (mainly by macrophages) |  | 18 |
| 15225683062 | Pinocytosis | cellular drinking |  | 19 |
| 15225683063 | Receptor-mediated endocytosis | Taking in large amount of specific substances by binding to receptors, which form vesicles and are then taken in by the cell |  | 20 |
| 15225794403 | Phosphatase | enzyme that removes a phosphate | 21 | |
| 15225801979 | second messenger | a substance inside a cell that brings about response by cell | 22 | |
| 15225823421 | Trabsduction | conversion of signal from outside cell to for that can bring about a specific cellular response | 23 | |
| 15225852581 | Steroids | lipids characterized by a carbon skeleton consisting of four fused rings | 24 | |
| 15225855714 | Receptor | binds to chemical messengers such as hormones sent by other cells | 25 | |
| 15225864812 | Glycolipids | carbohydrates covalently bonded to lipids | 26 | |
| 15225878501 | channel proteins | facilitate the transport of substances across a cell membrane | 27 | |
| 15225882954 | carrier proteins | a protein that transports substances across a cell membrane (Binds to shape) | 28 | |
| 15225892185 | g protein | GTP binding protein that relays signals from plasma membrane signal reception | 29 | |
| 15225902662 | hormone | a secreted chemical that acts on specific target cells in other parts of the body | 30 | |
| 15225919523 | ligand | A molecule that binds specifically to another molecule, usually a larger one. | 31 | |
| 15225927552 | protein kinase | one of a group of enzymes that activate or inactivate other proteins by phosphorylating (adding phosphate groups) to them | 32 | |
| 15225939000 | paracrine signaling | secreted molecules diffuse locally and trigger a response in neighboring cells | 33 | |
| 15225949139 | synaptic signaling | electrical signal along a nerve cell releases chemical signal in form of neurotransmitters and stimulates a cell across synapse | 34 | |
| 15225960956 | endocrine signaling | Specialized cells release hormone molecules into vessels of the circulatory system, by which they travel to target cells in other parts of the body. | 35 |
