Chapter 3-Transport Flashcards

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Diffusion

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Movement from high to low on concentration gradient

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Facilitated diffusion

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Movement from high to low with help of carrier protein

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Osmosis

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Diffusion of water

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Isotonic

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Same amount of material inside and outside cell, doesn’t change shape

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Hypertonic

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Less water outside cell, shrinks

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Hypotonic

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More water outside cell, swells

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Cytolysis

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Cell bursts due to a hypotonic solution

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Turgor pressure

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Pressure against cell wall (hypertonic=decrease, hypotonic=increase

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Active transport

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Movement from low to high concentration, against gradient, uses energy

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Exocytosis

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Transports bulk material out of cell (exo-exit)

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Endocytosis

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Bring materials in cell (endo-into)

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Phagocytosis

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Cell eating

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Pinocytosis

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Cell drinking

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14
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Receptor-mediated endocytosis

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Very specific, proteins pick up specific molecules surrounding them

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