Transportation Flashcards

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passive transport

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molecules move from high to low concentration with no energy

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diffusion

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the process by which particles move from an area of high concentration to low concentration

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equillibrium

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equal number of particles on each side

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facilitated diffusion

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when molecules can not directly diffuse across the membrane pass through protein channels

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5
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aquaporin

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pores that are water

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osmosis

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(facilitated diffusion) is the diffusion that is of water through a selectively permeable membrane

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isotonic

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when the concentration is the same on both sides of the membrane

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hypotonic

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below strength

if put cell in hypotonic solution, becomes big, fat, round

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hypertonic

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water leaves cell and the cell shrinks and becomes small

above strength

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osmotic pressure

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the net movement of water out or into a cell exerts a force

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active transport

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particles move from low to high concentration with energy

transport proteins are protein pumps that are found in the membrane

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endosytosis

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the membrane forms a pocket around a particle

the pocket then breaks loose from the cell membrane

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exocytosis

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the membrane of a vesicle surrounds the material then fuses with the cell membrane

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