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what are the basic membrane functions?

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  • maintain internal cell environment at a steady state regardless of changes in the external environment
  • acts a selective barrier regulating the movement of substances into and out of the cell
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what are the 3 main types of transport?

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passive
active
bulk membrane

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what are the types of passive transport

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simple duffusion
facilitated diffusion (channel, carrier)
osmosis

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what is the type of active transport

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pump

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types of bulk membrane transport

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  • endosytosis
  • exocytosis
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diffusion

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substance spreads out since molecules are constantly in motion and bumping into each other

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passive transport definition

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does not require energy and molecules move from high to low concentration

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simple diffusion/transfer

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movement accross a semi-permeable membrane, down a concetration gradient, no energy required, continues until equilibrium is achieved

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what type of molecules go through simple diffusion?

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O2 and CO2

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facilitated transport

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across a semi permeable membrane passive transport, continues until equilibrium is achieve, moves through a channel or carrier proteins

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what types of particles go through channel proteins

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small dissolved charged molecules like ions

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aquaporins

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a specific type of channel protein that facilitate the movement of water molecules across a membrane

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carrier proteins

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acts like turnstile/revolving door, underoges conformational change to allow molecules through

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types of particles through carrier proteins

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moves a variety of substnaces from charged particles to large uncharged molecules

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uniport

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movement of a single molecule in one direction - all channel proteins

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symport

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movement of 2 molecules in the same direction

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antiport

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movement of 2 molecules in opposite directions

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osmosis

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diffusion of water

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describe osmosis

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water moves from an area of high water concentration to an area of low water concentration

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tonicity

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the concentration of solutes in the environment surrounding the cell

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isotonic

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the same - equal movement in and out of cell

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hypotonic

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less concentration of solutes outside the cell

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hypertonic

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concentration of solutes is more outside the cell

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osmotic lysis

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animal cell bursts

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hypertonic red blood cell

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crenation

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isotonic red blood cell

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equilibrium

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hypotonic red blood cell

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hemolysis

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plant cell in isotonic environment

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flaccid - lacking firmness
(equilibrium)
water movement unable to provide cell with internal pressure necessary for structural support

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plant cell in hypotonic environment

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rigid cell wall prevents plant cell from rupturing

high presure to provide structural stability

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turgor pressure

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increrased internal pressure due to water entry provides structural support for plant

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tugidity

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cell swelling

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plasmolysis

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shrinking of plasma membrane and cytoplasm away from cell wall

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plant cell in hypertonic environment

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water moves out of cell, cell wall maintains its shape but cell membrane and cytoplasm shrinks

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turgid plant

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hypotonic solution

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isotonic solution

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flaccid

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plasmolyzed

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hypertonic solution

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active transport

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movement against concentration gradient - low to high

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what does active transport require?

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energy in the form of ATP and a transport protein called a pump

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what does ATP do in active transport

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indices a conformational change in the protein pump to allow specific molecules to enter/exit cell against its concentration gradient

40
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what types of molecules does nulk membrane transport move?

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transport of molecules in large quantity too large or too polar to pass through the membrane, onvolves the folding of the cell membrane to form a vesicle

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types of endocytosis

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pinocytosis
phagocytosis
receptor mediated endocytosis

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phagocytosis

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process by which living cells ingest other cells or large particles

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when does phagocytosis happen

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found in simpler forms of life for feeding (like amoebas) used in higher order organisms as a defense mecahnism against invasion by foreign particles

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phagocyte

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a white blood cell specialized for protecting the body by ingesting foreign substances

45
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describe the mechanism of phagocytosis

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  • cell engulfs a particle by wrapping a psudopodia around it
  • enclosed in a large enough sac to be classified as a vacuole called a phagosome
  • hydrolytic enzymes in the lysosome digest the particle
  • residual body contains indigestible material which is eventually discharged by exocytosis
46
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lysosome

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membrane bound sac of hydrolytic enzymes

47
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what pH does the lysosome enzyme work at best?

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at pH 5

48
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how does the lysosome enzyme maindain acidic pH

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pumps h+ into the lumen

49
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lysosome function is phagocytosis

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  • fuse with food vacuole to digest food (like stomach in animals)
  • fuses iwth phagosome to breakdown microorganisms
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autophagy

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lysosome recycles cell’s own organic material

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pinocytosis

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ingestion of dissolved materials - “cellular drinking”

cell folds inwards to take in fluild containing the desired substance

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ingavinates

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cell folds inwards to take in fluid

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ligand

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a molecule that binds to a receptor

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receprot-mediated endocytosis

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intake of molecules that bind specifically to a receptor on the surface of the cell

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where are receptor proteins usually found?

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clustered in regions of the membrane called coated pits which contain coat proteins that help form vesicles for endocytosis

56
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describe the mechanism of receptor-mediated endocytosis

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  • ligands bind to receptor
  • memrbane pinches to form vesicle
  • ligand detaches from receptor
  • vesicle pinch into 2 parts: free ligand and empty receptor
  • ligands fuse with lysosome
  • receptors returned to cell surface
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exocytosis

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movement of materials from the cell to the cell surface within membrane bound vesicles

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how are the vesicles formed

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off the golgi body of from endocytosis

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exocytosis function

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  • secretion (release of waste, toxins, signaling molecules)
  • recycling of membrane proteins
  • restoring the cell memrbrane
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