Unit 2 Membrane Transport Flashcards

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1
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phospholipid bilayer

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head: hydrophilic & polar
fatty acid tails: hydrophobic & nonpolar

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2
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How would you describe the permeability of the plasma membrane?

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semi permeable

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3
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what does the plasma membrane allow to pass through it?

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  • small
  • nonpolar
  • uncharged
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4
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what does the plasma membrane NOT allow to pass?

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ions/charged molecules

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5
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transmembrane protein

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channels or transporters that INCREASE the permeability of the plasma membrane

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6
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Vesicular transport

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macromolecules pass via this method

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7
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What are the two major groups of membrane transport

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passive and active

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8
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what are the types of passive transport

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  • simple diffusion
  • facilitated diffusion
  • osmosis
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9
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what is the gradient of passive transport

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HIGH TO LOW CONCENTRATION/ WITHOUT THE USE OF ATP/ WITH OR DOWN THE GRADIENT

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10
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What are the types of active transport?

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  • primary active
  • secondary active
  • vesicular transport
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11
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what is the gradient of active transport

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LOW TO HIGH CONCENTRATION/ WITH ATP/AGAINST OR UP THE GRADIENT

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12
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what is a concentration gradient

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the difference between the amount of a chemical on one side of the membrane in comparison to the other

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13
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what is the difference between the concentration gradient inside and outside of the cell

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OUTSIDE THE CELL: more O2 & Na ions
INSIDE THE CELL: more CO2 & K ions

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14
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what is an electrical gradient

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the difference between ions or charges between one side of the membrane and another

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15
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what determines an electrical gradient

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membrane potential

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16
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what is the difference between the electrical gradient outside and inside the cell?

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INSIDE THE CELL is more NEGATIVE
OUTSIDE THE CELL is more POSITIVE

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17
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ELECTROCHEMICAL GRADIENT

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electrical gradient + chemical gradient

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18
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Simple diffusion

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The random mixing of particles by stirring causes the articles to spread and produces kinetic energy

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19
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what is the concentration gradient of simple diffusion

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high to low

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20
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what diffuses in simple diffusion

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the SOLVENT & SOLUTE

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21
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What factors affect the rate of diffusion?

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  1. Steeper Gradient: more significant difference in concentration
  2. Higher temperature: heat generates more kinetic energy
  3. Large membrane surface area
  4. Distance of diffusion
  5. smaller particle
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22
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what does diffusion look like through the lipid bilayer?

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  • nonpolar
  • hydrophobic
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23
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through what form of transport does GAS EXCHANGE occur?

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diffusion

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24
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What are the 3 types of ion channels

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  • leakage
  • voltage-gated
  • ligand
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25
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Leakage channels

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gates open and close (passing of Na+ and K+)

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Voltage-gated channels

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open in response to membrane potential (passing of Na+ and K+)

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Ligand-gated channels

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open and close in response to chemical stimuli (neurotransmitters, hormones, or other ions)

28
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Why is facilitated diffusion needed within passive transport?

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solute is too polar

29
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what are the general steps of facilitated diffusion?

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  1. solute binds to the specific transporter protein
  2. transporter makes a CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE
  3. the solute moves across the membrane and is released on the other side of the membrane
30
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what solutes move via facilitated diffusion?

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  • glucose
  • urea
  • fructose
  • galactose
  • vitamins
31
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Osmosis

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net movement of SOLVENT through a selectively permeable membrane

32
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Hydrostatic Pressure

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pressure that the water column exerts

33
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what does hydrostatic pressure prevent

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prevents water from diffusing through the membrane

34
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osmotic pressure

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applied pressure by the solvent or another force when they are not permeable to the membrane

35
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Tonicity

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how the osmolarity of an outside solution effects the cell volume

36
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HYPERtonic

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tonicity of solution > tonicity of cell

37
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what happens to a cell when in a HYPERtonic solution

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CRENATION: the cell shrinks

38
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HYPOtonic

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tonicity of solution < tonicity of cell

39
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what happens when a cell is in a HYPOtonic solution

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HEMOLYSIS: the cells wells and burst

40
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ISOtonic

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tonicity of solution = tonicity of cell

41
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what happens when a cell is placed in an ISOtonic solution?

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stays the same

42
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what mechanism is used in Primary Active Transport

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Sodium Potassium Pump (Na/K Pump)

43
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Where does primary active transport get its energy to make the pump work?

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energy comes from ATP, and it changed the shape of the transporter protein that pumps a substance across the membrane

44
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What does the sodium-potassium pump strive to maintain in primary active transport

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LOW Na+ and HIGH K+ in cytosol (inside the cell)

45
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secondary active transport

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energy stored in the Na+ or H+ concentration gradient used to drive other substances against their gradient = ION GRADIENTS

46
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SYMporter

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aka cotransporters; move substrates in the same direction

47
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ANTIporters

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aka exchangers; move substrates in the opposite direction

48
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what ion begin the process of secondary transport

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SODIUM ION

49
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Transport Vesicles

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a sac; site of budding

50
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what are the 2 ways in which vesicles perform

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Endocytosis and Exocytosis

51
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ENDOcytosis

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bring INTO the cell

52
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what are the two types if endocytosis

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phagocytosis and pinocytosis

53
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phagocytosis

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cell eating

54
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what performs phagocytosis

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WBCs and macrophages

55
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Pinocytosis

A

cell drinking

56
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Exocytosis

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release something from the cell

57
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where do these vesicles used form for exocytosis

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inside the cell, and they fuse to the cell membrane to release contents

58
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what kinds of things perform exocytosis

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digestive enzymes, hormones, neurotransmitters and waste products

59
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diffusion

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passing from one side of the membrane to another

60
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do we need ATP for ion channels

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NO ATP NEEDED

61
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What is the gradient of Na and K in primary active transport?

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LOW TO HIGH/ AGAINST/ UPHILL/ UP

62
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what is the main role of the sodium-potassium pump

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to maintain gradient equilibrium

63
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in secondary active transport, what is the gradient

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sodium is going with while potassium eventually goes against using the energy from the start

64
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Example of pinocytosis

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absorption of nutrients from food