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Cell Membrane Flashcards

1
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how permeable is the cell membrane?

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semi/selectively permeable
allows some things in and some things out of the cell

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2
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how are the heads and tails in the cell membrane? what is this called?

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hydrophobic tails
hydrophilic heads
amphipathic

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3
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what is the early model of the cell membrane?

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sandwich membrane:
protein
hydrophilic zone
hydrophobic zone
hydrophilic zone

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4
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what is the current and accurate cell membrane model?

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fluid mosaic model
not rigid
hydrophilic region of protein
phospholipid bilayer
hydrophobic region of protein

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5
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what components of the cell membrane are in a mosaic pattern?

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proteins float randomly in the PLBL

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6
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what does the fluid property of the cell membrane allow for?

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allows the phospholipid to move easily in a lateral direction
the phospholipids can also sometimes flipflop across the membrane

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7
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what gives the cell membrane more fluidity?

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the unsaturated/polyunsaturated hydrocarbon tails that have double bonds

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8
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what do the saturated hydrocarbon tails do to the cell membrane?

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make it more rigid

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9
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at room temp, what does adding cholesterol to the cell membrane to it?

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lowers fluidity, more rigid

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10
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what happens if you add cholesterol to the cell membrane at low temp?

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increases fluidity, prevents phospholipids from clumping

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11
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what does the versatility of cholesterol at diff temp allow? ex?

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allows animals that live in very cold climates to still maintain plasma membrane function
hooves of animals have a lot of cholesterol to prevent freezing when exposed to snow

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12
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components of the cell membrane (10)

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  1. ECM/Glycocalyx
  2. Integral Protein: Transport Protein
  3. Integral Protein: Integrin Protein
  4. Integral Protein: Aquaporin
  5. Cholesterol
  6. Peripheral Protein
  7. Cytoplasm and Cytosol
  8. Phospholipids
  9. Glycoprotein
  10. Glycolipid
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13
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where are integral proteins located?

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span across the phospholipid bilayer

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14
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structure of integral proteins

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alpha helixes (secondary structure)

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15
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what do transport proteins do?

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allow specific molecules to enter or exit the cell

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16
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what do integrins do?

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used for cell communication

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17
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where are peripheral proteins found?

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usually found on the inside ofthe cell membrane

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18
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peripheral protein function

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give strength to cell

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19
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what bring the selectively permeable nature to the membrane?

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hydrophobic/nonpolar tails

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20
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what molecules would not be able to get pass the nonpolar tails?

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ionic/charged molecules, most polar molecules, large molecules

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21
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what molecules would easily get past the nonpolar tails?

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nonpolar, small, gases, steroids

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22
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what will the molecules that cannot get past the cell membrane use?

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use specific transport proteins that have a charged interior

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23
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what does water use to enter and exit the cell membrane?

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transport protein called aquaporin

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24
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what is diffusion?

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tendency for molecules to spread out in an open space
diffuse from a high to low concentration
spontaneous and require no ATP
passive transport

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25
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what is osmosis?

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passive transport of water from high to low concentration across a semi permeable membrane

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26
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hypertonic solutions

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high concentration of solutes in solution

27
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hypotonic solution

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low concentration of solutes in solution

28
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isotonic solution

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same concentration of solutes on both sides

29
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what way does water always move? what if it’s isotonic?

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hypotonic to hypertonic
water still continues to move between the two solutions at equal rate

30
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if an animal cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, the cell will?

31
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if an animal cell is placed in an isotonic solution, the cell will?

32
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if an animal cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, the cell will?

33
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if a plant cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, the cell will?

A

turgid/ rigid

34
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if a plant cell is placed in an isotonic solution, the cell will?

A

flaccid (limp)

35
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if a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, the cell will?

A

plasmolysis - cell membrane pulls away from cell wall

36
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which solution do terrestrial animal cells want?

37
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which solution do terrestrial plant cells wanr?

38
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many terrestrial animal cells are in what type of solution?

39
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what type of solution are protists in?

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hypotonic environments and must osmoregulate

40
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what is osmoregulation? how do protists do it?

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control their water by balance with the help of contractile vacuoles

41
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why do plant cells respond differently than animal cells in a solution?

42
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what is facilitated diffusion?

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passive transport of a substance across the cell membrane from a high to low concentration, but requires a transport protein

43
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what is active transport?

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require ATP as it goes from low to high concentration
uphill reaction that goes against the concentration gradient

44
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good example of active transport?

45
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how many and in which direction are the sodiums and postassiums going?

A

3 Na+ out, 2 K+ in

46
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what is a membrane potential/electrochemical gradient?

A

idea that all cells have voltage on each side of the plasma membrane

47
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charge of inside of cell? outside

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inside - negative
outside - posotive

48
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what does the differing charges of the cell interior and exterior do?

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favors cations to come into a cell and anions to exit the cell

49
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what are animals main pump? plants?

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animal - Na-K pump
plant - proton pump

50
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what do proton pumps do?

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actively pump H+ ions out of cells from a low to high concentration

51
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potential energy from what can be used to transport other substances across the membrane?

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energy generated by transmembrane solute gradients can be harvested by the cell
a substance that is actively transported across a membrane can do work as it diffused back by facilitated diffusion

52
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what is cotransport ex?

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a plant cell actively pumps H+ out of a cell
H+ then leaks back into cell passively by facilitated diffusion through a transport protein
brings back with it small sugars, amino acids, or nutrients

53
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how do large molecules enter or exit a cell? is this active or passive transport?

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endo/exocytosis; active

54
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large molecule entering cell

A

endocytosis

55
Q

large molecule existing cell

A

exocytosis

56
Q

cell takes in food

A

phagocytosis

57
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cell takes in fluid

A

pinocytosis

58
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receptor-mediated endocytosis

A

very specific
proteins on the outside of a cell bind to a specific molecule

59
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general term for any molecule (usually small) that binds to something (other a receptor)

60
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what does receptor- mediated endocytosis allow?

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allows a cell to take in more substances that in normally would, even if the substance in is low concentrations outside the cell

61
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ex of receptor-mediated endocytosis

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cholesterol is acquired by cells this way

62
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how can transport proteins respond to change in the extracellular environment? ex

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with active transport
if a cell has enough Na+, a transport protein can slow/shut down the active pumping of the molecule up the concentration gradient

63
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what does not depend on if the cell has enough of a substance unlike transport proteins?

A

diffusion
passive transport

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