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amphipathic molecule   has both a hydrophilic region and a hydrophobic region (Phospholipids)  
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selective permeability   membrane allows some substances to cross it more easily than others  
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fluid mosaic model   improved model of cell membrane, membrane is a mosaic of protein molecules bobbing in a fluid bilayer of phospholipids  
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integral proteins   trans-membrane proteins with hydrophobic regions(non-polar amino acids) that completely span the hydrophobic interior of the membrane  
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Periphial Proteins   not embedded in the lipid bilayer at all, they are appendages loosely bound to the surface of the membrane often to the exposed parts in integral proteins  
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Transport   -provide hydrophilic channels that are selective for a particular solute- transport protein hydrolyze ATP as energy source for pumping substances across the membrane  
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Enzymatic Activity   -exposed active sites- ordered as a team that carries out sequential steps of a metabolic pathway  
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Signal Transducion   -conformational change in the protein that relays the messege inside the cell  
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Intercellular Joining   membrane proteins of adjacent cells hook together in different types of junctions  
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Cell-cell recognition   some glycoproteins serve as identification tags that are specifically recognized by other cells  
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Attachment to the cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix (ECM)   -elements of the cyto.skel. may be bonded to membrane proteins-proteins that adhere to the ECM can coordinate extracellular and intracellular changes  
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transport proteins   - span membrane- function by having hydrophilic channels that certain molecules pass thru- bind to their passengers and physically move them across the membrane  
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diffuusion   the tendancy for molecules of any substance to spread out into the available space  
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concentration gradient   move from high concentraion to low  
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passive transport   the diffusion of a substance across a biological membrane, cell doesn't have to spend energy to make it happen  
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osmosis   diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane (passive transport)  
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hypertonic   solution with a higher concentraion of solutes  
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hypotonic   lower concentraion of solutes  
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isotonic   equal concentration of solutes  
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osmoregulation   control of water balance  
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turgid   cell is very firm, healthy state for most plants (hypotonic)  
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flaccid   cell is limp, plant wilts (isotonic)  
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plasmolysis   lethal, lose water and shrink, plasma membrane pulls away from cell wall(hypertonic)  
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facilitated diffusion   spontaneous passage of molecules and ions bound to specific carrier proteins across a biological membrane down their concentraion gradient  
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gated channels   a stimulus (chemical orelectrical) causes them to open or close  
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active transport   moving against the concentration gradient  
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sodium potassium pump   exchanges sodium for potassium across the plasma membrane of animal cells  
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membrane potential   voltage across a membrane ranges from -50_-200 millivolts  
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electrochemical gradient   combonation of forces acting on an ion  
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electrogenic pump   a transport protein that generates voltage across a memrane  
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proton pump   main electrogenic pump of plants,bacteria, fungi, actively transports hydrogen ions out of the cell  
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contransport   a single ATP powered pump that transports a specific solute can indirectly drive the active transport of several other mechanisms  
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exocytosis   when the cell secretes macromolecules by fusion of vesicles with the plasma membrane  
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endocytosis   the cell takes in macromolecules and particulate matter by formingnew vesciles from the plasma membrane  
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phagocytosis   a cell engulfs a particle by wrapping pseudopodia around it and packaging it within a membrane-enclosed sac large enough to be classified as a vacuole  
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pinocytosis   cell gulps droplets of extracellular fluid in tiny vesciles  
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receptor-mediated endocytosis   proteins embedded in the membrane have specific receptor sites exposed to the extracellular fluid  
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ligands   the extracellular substances that bind to the receptors  
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