Cell membrane Flashcards
Transporters: hydrophobic molecules
- O2, CO2, N2, benzene
- flow effortlessly across lipid bylayer
Transporters: small uncharged polar molecules
- H2O, urea, glycerol
- not as efforless, but can still cross the lipid bylayer easily
Transporters: Large uncharged polar molecules
- glucose, sucrose
- too big and hydrophilic to cross, require channel
Transporters: Ions
- H+, Na+, HCO3+, etc
- unable to cross at all without channel
permeability water vs glucose
water is 105 times more permeable than glucose
Plasma solute concentrations
- Na: 140
- K: 4.3
- Cl: 105
- HCO3-: 24
- phosphate: 2
- Protein: 1
- Total Osm: 291
- pH: 7.4
ECF solute concentrations
- Na: 140
- K: 4.3
- Cl: 105
- HCO3-: 24
- phosphate: 2
- protein: 0
- Total Osm: 290
- pH: 7.4
ICF solute concentrations
- Na: 12
- K: 120
- Cl: 5
- HCO3-: 12
- Phosphate: 100
- protein: high
- Total osm: 290
- pH: 7.2
uniport
- channel for one solute going one direction
symport
channel for two different solutes going in same direction
ex. Na bringing glucose into capillaries from intestine
antiport
channel for two different solutes going in opposite directions
Nernst Equation
used to calculate cell potential
Veq = (61/Z) * log (Kout/Kin) mV
membrane potential
The voltage caused by the difference in concentration of ions on different sides of a cell membrane
depolarization
the interior voltage of a cell becoming less negative
repolarization
the interior of a cell becoming more negative