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Cell membranes and transport

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By: Elan Owen
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Structure of Cell Membrane
What type of line does the cell m...,
How thick is the cell membrane,
What is the cell membrane made up of
3  cards
Function of Cell Membranes
What does the cell membrane separate,
What does it controll,
What does it contain
5  cards
Phospholipids
What type of layer does the cell ...,
Phosphate head,
2 fatty acids tails
5  cards
Membrane Proteins
How are proteins arranged in the ...,
Entrinsic proteins,
Intrinsic proteins
3  cards
Singer and Nicholson
What did singer and nicholson make,
What is the name of the model,
Why is it fluid
4  cards
Permability of cell Membrane
The membrane as a barrier,
Non polar molecules,
Polar molecules
3  cards
Factors affecting Permeability
Increasing temperature,
Increasing ethanol concentration,
Increasing sodium chloride concen...
4  cards
Movement across cell membranes
How many ways can subtances enter...,
Passive,
Active
5  cards
Diffusion
What moves and how,
What happens in a concentrated area,
What is this process called
5  cards
Why is diffusion so important
Digestive food particles,
Carbon dioxide,
Movement of oxygen
3  cards
Factors affecting rate of diffusion
Concentration gradient,
Distance of travel,
The surface area of a membrane
6  cards
Simple diffusion
Where does simple diffusion happen,
What does it involve
2  cards
Facilitated Diffusion
What doesn t pass through the cel...,
What does intrinsic proteins help,
What are the two types of protein...
3  cards
Channel Proteins
What does channel proteins have,
What does it allow to pass through,
What does each channel protein have
4  cards
Carrier protein
What does it allow,
What happens to a paticular molec...,
What does this action release
3  cards
Active transport
What does active transport need,
How do ions and molecules move,
Intrinsic proteins
7  cards
Co-transport
What type of facilitated diffusio...,
Does it include atp,
What does it bring together
4  cards

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