Cells Pt.2 (Lipids And Membranes) Flashcards

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1
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Lipids are..

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Large bio molecules that don’t form polymers

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2
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Phospholipids 2 parts are ____ and connected by what reaction

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Hyrdophilic heads, hydrophobic fatty acid tails. Put together by dehydration synthesis.

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Amphipathic means

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Having parts both polar (hydrophilic) and non-polar (hydrophobic)

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Phospholipids structure

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They create a bilayer, heads on the outside and tails on the inside

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5
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Fatty Acids can be…

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Saturated or Unsaturated

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Saturated Fatty Acid

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Full of hydrogen pairs, straight, viscous, liquid above 70°c

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Unsaturated Fatty Acid

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Double bonds between carbons, bent, liquid above 12°C

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8
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Cholesterol function

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Different effects on membrane fluidity at different temperatures

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9
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Plasma membrane made from (plus main attribute)

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Selectively permeable, made from lipid bilayer (nonpolar molecules) and membrane protiens (polar molecules)

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10
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Cholesterol is made from

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A Carbo skeleton with 4 fused rings

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Peripheral Protien

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Protein connected to the outside of the membrane

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12
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Integral protein

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Transmembrane protein, go through membrane, amphipathic

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13
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Osmosis

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The diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane

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14
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Diffusion

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Molecules want to spread out evenly into avaliable spac

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15
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Hypotonic

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Low solute concentration

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16
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Hypertonic

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High solute concentration

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17
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Equal solute concentration on both sides

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Isotonic

18
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Glycoprotien

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Carbohydrate connected to a protein

19
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Glycolipid

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Carbohydrate connected to a lipid

20
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Burst animal cell

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Lysed

21
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Shriveled plant cell

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Plasmolyzed

22
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Animals cells like _____ solutions

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Isotonic

23
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Plant cells like

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Hypotonic Solutions

24
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Plant cells like

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Hypotonic Solutions

25
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Plant cells in an isotonic solution are

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Flaccid

26
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Facilitated diffusion:

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Proteins that help molecules move across plasma membrane

27
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Facilitated diffusion requires:

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Transport protein, Concentration gradient, No energy required

28
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Channel protein:

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Protein with channel through the middle, usually for charged particles

29
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Carrier protein:

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For larger molecules (eg. Glucose)

30
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Aquaporins:

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For water to transport through membrane

31
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Active transport means

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Moves substances against gradient

32
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Active trabsport uses what proteins?

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Protein pumps

33
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Protein pumps use:

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ATP

34
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Electromagnetic pump:

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Transport protoen that generates voltage

35
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Electro pump for animal cells

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Sodium-Potassium pump

36
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Electro pump for plants, fungi, and bacteria

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Proton pump

37
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Bulk transport

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Moves large molecules across membrane in vesicles

38
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Three types of endocytosis

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Phagocytosis, Pinocytosis, Receptor-mediated endocytosis

39
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Phagocytosis:

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Large particles are taken in

40
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Pinocytosis

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Tiny droplets of extracellular fluid on taken in

41
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Receptor-mediated Endocytosis

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Allows cell to aquire bulk of specific substances