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6812089364phagocytosisone cell engulfs a smaller organism and creates a vacuole0
6812089380peripheral proteinsloosely bound to surface of membrane or integral protein and receive chemical signals1
6812089381glycolipidscarbohydrate chain attached to a lipid and used for cell-cell recognition2
6812089382transport proteinsproteins that allow substances that can't diffuse across the membrane, to cross3
6812089383aquaporinschannel protein for water4
6812089384gated channelsfacilitated diffusion, has a hydrophilic channel, only transports one substance5
6812089385passive transportdiffusion of substance across membrane with the concentration gradient without the use of energy6
6812089386osmosisdiffusion of free water across a selectively permeable membrane7
6812089387tonicityability of a surounding solution to cause a cell to lose or gain water8
6812089388isotonicsolution and cell have same concentration9
6812089389hypertonicsolution is more concentrated than cell so cell loses water10
6812089390hypotonicsolution is less concentrated than cell so water enters cell and it explodes11
6812089391osmoregulationcontrols solute concentrations and water balance12
6812089392turgidcell in hypotonic solution makes cell swell a little and become very firm (healthy in many plants)13
6812089393flaccidplants' cells and surroundings are isotonic so there is no water movement14
6812089394plasmolysiscell in a hypertonic solution loses water, pulls away from cell wall, and shrivels15
6812089395facilitated diffusiondiffusion of polar, hydrophilic molecules through a protein w/o energy16
6812089396diffusiondiffusion of nonpolar, hydrophobic molecules across membrane17
6812089397active transportdiffusion against concentration gradient through a protein pump from low to high concentration with the use of energy.18
6812089398sodium potassium pumpactive transport where for every three Na+ ions thrown out of cell, two K+ ions are brought in19
6812089399unsaturated hydrocarbon tails in a membrane...prevent packing of phospholipids and causes fluidity which allows more flexibility(good)20
6812089400saturated hydrocarbon tails in a membrane...pack together and increase viscosity making membrane too rigid (bad)21
6812089401proton pumpactively transports H+ ions out of the cell22
6812089402exocytosiscell secretes molecules by fusing vesicle with membrane23
6812089403endocytosiscell takes in large molecules by forming new vesicles out of the membrane24
6812089406membrane potentialvoltage across a membrane25
6812089407pinocytosiscells pinch in small vesicles, bringing in membrane and extracellular fluids26
6812089409electrochemical gradientmight accentuate or negate concentration of gradient27
6812089413water potentialhow likely water is to move from one location to another, is mathematically the sum of pressure potential and solute potential28
6812416480glycoproteinsmembrane proteins attached to carbohydrate chains that are used for cell-cell recognition29
6812436823integral proteinsTypically transmembrane proteins with hydrophobic regions that completely span the hydrophobic interior of the membrane.30
6812496871amphipathicMolecules are said to be this when it has regions that are both hydrophilic and hydrophobic.31
6812499378concentration gradientA difference in the concentration of a substance across a distance.32
6812501790cotransportThe coupling of the "downhill" diffusion of one substance to the "uphill" transport of another against its own concentration gradient.33
6812504275electrogenic pumpA transport protein that generates voltage across a membrane, causing a net separation in charge.34
6812508859fluid mosaic modelThe currently accepted model of cell membrane structure, which envisions the membrane as a mosaic of individually inserted protein molecules drifting laterally in a fluid bilayer of phospholipids.35
6812512768ion channelschannel proteins that transport ions36
6812514261ligandAny molecule that bonds specifically to a receptor site of another molecule.37
6812523911receptor mediated endocytosisThe movement of specific molecules into a cell by the inward budding of membranous vesicles containing proteins with receptor sites specific to the molecules being taken in; enables a cell to acquire bulk quantities of specific substances.38
6812527206selective permeabilityA property of a plasma membrane that allows some substances to cross more easily than others.39

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