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equilibrium & homeostasis

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NOT the same thing

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plasma membrane

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control of material exchanges, mediation of cell environment interactions

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what does the plasma membrane help us understand?

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how things get from inside to outside and outside to inside through the layer (membrane)

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diffusion

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movement of a substance from high substance concentration to low substance concentration due to random thermal molecular motion, NO energy (cannot have energy input)

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kinetic energy

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molecules are moving, absolute zero will get molecules to stop moving, kinetic energy never stops

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factors affecting diffusion of a substance across a membrane

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temperature (directly), molecular weight (inversely), surface area (directly), gradient (directly), membrane permeability (directly), distance (inversely)

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gradient

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difference between stuff inside vs outside the cell, no gradient = no diffusion

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flux

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amount of substance that crosses a defined surface area per unit time (diffusion per time), time matters, matters in how quickly things diffuse

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diffusion equilibrium

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state in which the diffusion fluxes in opposing directions are equal, resulting in a new flux of zero, membrane is a barrier from the inside cell to the outside cell and we need to get things across

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passive transport

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no energy, diffusion directly through membrane (proteins are facilitated)

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channels

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move things, but limited to small things

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what allows for the close of the channel?

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proteins ability to flex (changing shape)

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open channel (leak channel)

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remain open most of the time although can close occasionally for brief periods

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gated channel

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closed most of the time or regulate by the cell, will momentarily open based on gradients & diffusion

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what are the three types of gated channels?

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stimulus-gated (ligand gated), voltage gated, mechanosensitive

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stimulus-gated (ligand gated)

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respond to ligand binding (neurotransmitters, hormones)

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ligand

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anything that binds to a protein and causes a response

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voltage gated

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respond to changes in membrane potential (action potentials) (electrical state of cell)

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mechanosensitive

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respond to physical pressure or distortion (tactile)

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what kind of bonds to ligands bind in?

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weak bonds (hydrogen bonds, ion bonds)

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carrier-mediated transport

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transmembrane, but will never be open to both sides of the membrane at the same time, never create a continuous pathway, can take in slightly larger things than channels

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glucose carriers

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too big to fit through a channel

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saturation

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putting more ligands, which increases gradient, does not change the speed of the protein

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uniport carriers

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only transport one kind of substance (substrate), concentration gradient determines which way it will move

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cotransporters

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move two or more substances

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symport carriers

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move two or more substances in the same direction across a membrane

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antiport carriers

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cotransporters move two or more substances in opposite directions across a membrane

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having a substance go directly through a membrane, a channel or carrier is possible by what?

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diffusion

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active transport

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requires energy

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primary active transport (pump)

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4 types of ion ATPase (requires ATP energy): sodium-potassium pump, calcium pump, hydrogen pump, hydrogen potassium pump

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sodium-potassium pump

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maintains membrane potential (antiport), known as basal metabolism, 3:2 ratio (3 sodium out, 2 potassium in)

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calcium pump

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plasma membrane and organelles (uniport)

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hydrogen pump

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mitochondria and plasma membranes (kidney) (uniport)

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hydrogen potassium pump

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plasma membrane (stomach, responsible for stomach acid) (antiport)

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secondary active transport

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moves things against their gradient (uphill), how body absorbs glucose

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concentration gradient

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small, non-charged & non-polar substances pass between phospholipids (in middle where it is most hydrophobic, urea & gasses wiggle way through membrane)

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what are most molecules in the body?

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lipophobic and/or charged and will not pass readily through the bilayer

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vesicular transport

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not using a pump, but moving a cytoskeleton, can move big things into a cell

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endocytosis

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process of bringing something in

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what are the two parts of endocytosis?

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phagocytosis, pinocytosis

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phagosytosis

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cell eating, bringing the cell in

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pinocytosis

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cell drinking

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exocytosis

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process of going out of the cell

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osmosis

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diffusion of water, movement of water from an area of high water (low solute) concentration to an area of low water (high solute) concentration due to random thermal molecular motion

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solution =

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solute + solvent

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osmotic pressure

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pressure that must be applied to oppose osmosis

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osmolarity

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concentration of a solution expressed as number of solutes per liter (regardless of solute type) (can use to compare anything in the world)

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a normal cell =

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300 mOsm

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tonicity

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describes the volume of change of a cell when placed in a solution

50
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what are the two rules of tonicity?

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  1. always comparing a solution to a normal human cell
  2. the solute must be impermeable (solute cannot get across the membrane)
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crenate

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cell shrinks

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hypertonic

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causes cell to break

53
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cells don’t often get dunked into beakers of solutes so why is osmosis important?

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we change the solute concentration of the cell as nutrients come into the body through channels or carriers creating a water gradient so food can be digested

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what is the first rule of electricity?

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opposites attract

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how is work performed?

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when oppositely charged particles come together

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electrical potential (E)

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voltage difference between two points (separation of charges)

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voltage (V)

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measure of potential (separated charge) to do work (units of potential)

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membrane potential (Vm or Em)

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voltage difference between the inside and outside of the cell

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current (I)

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movement of an electrical charge (work is being done)

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Ohm’s Law

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I = E/R (electrical potential / resistance)

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resistance

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whether or not the substances will flow through (permeability)

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does the material conduct? (equation)

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g = conductance = 1/R THEN I = gE

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what is the flow of ions dependent on?

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how big the gradient is and is the membrane permeable

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equilibrium potential (Ex)

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the voltage that would exist across a membrane if it were exclusively permeable to one ion in which voltage force is equal and opposite to concentration force

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what happens if membrane potential and equilibrium potential are the same?

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there is no driving force for that ion, they are zero

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what happens if membrane potential and equilibrium potential are different?

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there has to be a driving force to create a flux

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