Ch 7.3 Vocab Flashcards

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Cell wall

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Lie outside the cell membrane, provided supports, and protects the cell

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Cell membrane

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All cells are surrounded by a thin flexible barrier

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Lipid bilayer

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Double layered sheet of a cell membrane

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Concentration

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A solution’s mass of a solute in a given solution or mass/volume

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Diffusion

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Particles move from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration

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Equilibrium

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Concentration of the solute is the same through a system

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Osmosis

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The diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane

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Isotonic

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Concentrations will be the same on both sides of the membrane

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Hypertonic

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High concentration solution compared to dilute solution

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Hypotonia

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Low concentrated solution compares to high concentrated

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Facilitated

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Help diffusion of glucose across the membrane

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Active transport

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Materials move the opposite direction- against concentration difference in cells

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Endocytosis

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Process of taking material into the cell by infoldings, pockets of a cell membrane

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Phagocytosis

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Extensions of cytoplasm surround a particle and package it within a food vacuole

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Pinocytosis

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Tiny pockets form a long the cell membrane fill with liquid, pinch off to form vacuoles within the cell

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Exocytosis

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Membrane of the vacuole surrounding the material fuses with the cell membrane, forcing contents out of cell.