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Membrane structure and function

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What does an Amphipathic molecule contain?   hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions  
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What is an Aquaporin and what does it do?   they are channel proteins and they facilitate the passage of water  
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What is the process of diffusion?   to spread out evenly into the available space, each molecule moves randomly  
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What is it called when as many molecules cross one way as cross in the other direction?   dynamic equilibrium  
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Explain how the fluid mosiac model of the membrane structure.   states that a membrane is a fluid structure with a "mosaic" of various proteins embedded in it  
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Explain how membrane fluidity is influenced by temperature and membrane composition.   With cooling, it switches from a fluid state to a solid state. At cooling, it maintains fluidity by preventing tight packing. At warm degrees, cholesterol restrains movement of phospolipids  
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What is the main thing to know about membrane fluidity?   They must be fluid to work properly.  
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What is it called when it's bound to the surface of the membrane?   peripheral membrane proteins  
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What is it called when they are penetrating the hydrophobic core?   integral Membrane proteins  
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What is another term for channel proteins?   aquaporins  
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What is it called when molecules are bind and change shape just to shuttle them across the membrane?   carrier proteins  
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What is it called when there is a diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane?   osmosis  
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What is the process of osmosis?   when water diffuses across a membrane from the region of a lower solute concentration to the region of a higher solute concentration  
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What is it called when it is still passive because the solute moves down its concentration gradient?   facilitated diffusion  
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What does Active Transport do?   it moves substances against their concentration gradient, requires energy, usually in the form of ATP, and is performed by specific proteins embedded in the membranes  
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What is it called wen solute concentration is greater than that inside the cell; cell losing water?   hypertonic  
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What is it called when solute concentration is less than inside the cell; cell gains water?   hypotonic  
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What is it called when solute concentration is the same as that inside the cell; no net movement across the membrane?   isotonic  
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Explain how large molecules are transported across a cell membrane.   they cross the membrane in bulk-aka vesicles  
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What is the major structural components of the cell membrane?   phospholipids and proteins  
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The presence of cholesterol in the plasma membranes of some animals what?   makes the membrane less flexible, allowing it to sustain greater pressure from within its cell  
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In order for a protein to be an integral membrane protein it would have to be which of the following:a.hydrophilic b.exposed on only one surface of the membrane c.hydrophobic d.amiphipathic e.completely covered in phospholipids   hydrophobic  
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When a membrane is freeze-fractured, the bi-layer splits down the middle between the two layers of phospholipids. In an electron micrograph of a freeze-fractured membrane, the bumps seen on the fractured surface of the membrane are what?   integral proteins  
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Which of these is not embedded in the lipid bilayer at all? a.integral proteins b.integrins c.peripheral proteins d.transmembrane proteins e.glycoproteins   peripheral proteins  
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What kind of molecules pass through a cell membrane most easily? a.large polar b.ionic c.small and hydrophobic d.monosaccharides like glucose e.large and hydophobic   small and hydrophobic  
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Water passes quickly through cell membranes because? a.it's a small, polar charged molecule b.the bilayer is hydrophilic c.water movement is tied to ATP hydrolysis d.it moves through aquaporins in the membrane e.it moves through hydrophobic channels   it moves through aquaporins in the membrane  
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After the system reaches equilibrium, what changes are observed?   the water level is higher in side A than in side B  
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What would be a huge factor that would increase the membrane fluidity?   a greater proportion of unsaturated phospholipids  
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