Membrane Flashcards

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Hypotonic

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When too much water enters the cell and it explodes

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Carrier proteins

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Proteins embedded in the phospholipids that take in chemicals

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Hypertonic

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Water leaves the cell and the cell withers

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Isotonic

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Equal amounts of water in the cell and environment

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4
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Osmosis

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Diffusion of water across membrane

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Sodium-potassium pump

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A carrier protein that takes out sodium and takes in potassium

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Endocytosis

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Food is taken into the cell

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Exocytosis

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Wastes are taken out of the cell

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Equilibrium

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Internal balance condition

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9
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Ion channels

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Controls what kind of ions go thru and which ones don’t

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Phagocytosis

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Cell eating

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Phagocyte

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Is what eats the cell

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12
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Contractile vacuole

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Absorbs water for the cell

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Active transport

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Low water potential to high water potential

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Passive transport

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Moves high water potential to low

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Concentration gradient

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Changes the solutes in an area

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Vesicles

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Pouches that take the food in the cell

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Turgor pressure

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Pushes membrane to cell wall

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Diffusion

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Disperses the solutes to where it’s equal

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Facilitated diffusion

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Transport process