Vocabulary Flashcards
Active transport
Method of transporting materials that requires energy
Amphiphilic
Molecule Possessing a polar or charged area and a nonpolar or uncharged area capable of interacting with both hydrophilic and hydrophobic environments
Antiporter
Transporter that carries two ions or small molecules in different directions
Aquaporin
Channel protein that allows water through the membrane at a very high rate
Carrier proteins
Membrane proteins that moves a substance across the plasma membrane by changing its own shape
Caveolin
Proteins that coats the plasma membranes cytoplasmic side and participates in the liquid uptake process by potoctyosis
Channel proteins
Membrane proteins that allows the substance to pass through it’s hollow core across the plasma membrane
Clathrin
Protein that coats the plasma membranes inward facing surface and assists in forming specialized structures like coated pits for phagocytosis
Concentration gradient
Area of high concentration adjacent to an area of low concentration
Diffusion
Passive transport process of low molecular weight material according to its concentration gradient
Electrochemical gradient
I combined electrical and chemical force that produces a gradient
Electrogenic pump
Pump that creates a charge in balance
Endocytosis
Type of active transport that moves substances including fluids and particles into a cell
Facilitated transport
Process by which material moves down a concentration gradient from high to low concentration using integral membrane proteins
Fluid mosaic model
Describe the plasma membrane structure as a mosaic of components including phospholipids cholesterol proteins glycoproteins and glycolipids resulting in fluid character
Glycolipid
Combination of carbohydrates and lipids
Glycoprotein
Combination of carbohydrates and proteins
Hydrophilic
Molecule with the ability to bond with water water loving
Hydrophobic
Molecule that does not have the ability to bond with water water hating
Hypertonic
Situation in which extra cellular fluid has a higher osmolarity then the fluid inside the cell resulting in water moving out of this app
Hypotonic
Situation in which extra cellular fluid has a lower osmolarity than the fluid inside the cell resulting in water moving into the cell
Integral protein
Protein integrated into the membrane Structure that interacts extensively with the membrane lipids hydrocarbon chains and often spans the membrane
Osmolarity
Total amount of substance is dissolved in a specific amount of solution
Osmosis
Transport of water through a semi permeable membrane according to the waters concentration gradient across the membrane that results from the presence of solute that cannot pass through the membrane