Ch 5 pt 2 Flashcards

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1
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Sodium potassium pump

A

One type of active transport system

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2
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Membrane potential

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The voltage difference across a membrane

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3
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Electrochemical gradient

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Two combined forces, drives the diffusion of ions across a membrane

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4
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Electrogenic pump

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A transport protein that generates voltage across a membrane

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5
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Proton pump

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The main electrogenic pump of plants fungi, and bacteria

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6
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Contransport

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Occurs when active transport of a solute indirectly drives transport of other solutes

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7
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Exocytosis

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Transport vesicles migrate to membranes, fuse with it, and release their content

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8
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Endocytosis

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the cell takes in macromolecule by forming vesicles from plasma membranes

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Phagocytosis

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The cell englulfs a particle in a vacuole

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10
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Pinocytosis

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Molecules are taken up when extracellular fluid is gulped into tiny vesicles.

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