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AP Chapter 7 - Membrane Structure and Function (detailed)

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The movement of water molecules across a cell membrane is called ___.osmosis
In a salt water solution, the salt is known as the ___.solute
If a cell membrane allows glucose to pass through it, then the cell membrane is said to be ____ to glucose.permeable, Audio
In a salt water solution, the water is known as the ____.solvent
The movement of particles across a cell membrane from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration is known as ____.diffusion,
The cell membrane is said to be _______ permeable to substances because it lets some pass through but not others.selectively
The type of substances that can most easily diffuse across a cell membrane are ____ substances.small non-polar substances
The composition of nearly all cell membranes is a double-layered sheet called a __________lipid bilayer
Larger molecules and charged particles usually pass through _____ to get into cells.protein channels
Cells will shrink if placed into a _____ solution.hypertonic
When energy is needed to force molecules across a cell membrane, _______ is taking place.active transport,
Cells will grow bigger if placed in a ____ solution.hypotonic
When osmotic pressure increases in plant cells, why don't the cells usually burst?, Audio Plant cells have a tough cell wall that keeps the cell from expanding enough to burst.
If a solution is 6% solutes, it will be ____ % water.94
If a solution is 90% water, it will have ___ % solutes.10
A solution that has the same concentration of solutes as the interior of a cell is known to be ____.isotonic
Active transport requires _____.energy
If a substance is diffusing across a cell membrane, it is going from an area of ____ concentration to an area of ___ concentration.high, low
When osmotic pressure decreases in a plant, the ______ shrinks and the plant ____., Audio central vacuole, wilts
When osmotic pressure increases in plants, the ______ gets bigger and the plant ___.central vacuole, gets turgid (stiff)
The type of cell membrane protein that allows larger molecules and ions to pass through by facilitated diffusion is called a ____.channel protein
The elodea cells in this picture are surrounded by a ______ solution., hypotonic,
The process pictured below is called ____., exocytosis, , Audio
The elodea cells pictured below have been soaking in a ____ solution., hypertonic,
A type of protein that travels through the blood stream and attaches to receptor proteins on a cell's surface in order to deliver a chemical message is known as a ____.hormone
The process pictured below is called ____., endocytosis, , Audio
The type of endocytosis that takes in solid particles (usually food) is called ____.phagocytosis
The type of endocytosis that takes in liquids is called ___.pinocytosis
The type of endocyctosis in which the cell ingests extracellular fluid and its dissolved solutes is called _____.pinocytosis
______ is the cellular uptake of macromolecules and particulate substances by localized regions of the plasma membrane that surround the substance and pinch off to form intracellular vesicles.endocytosis
In comparing two solutions, the one with the greater solute concentration is called the _____ solution.hypertonic
_______ transport involves the diffusion of a substance across a biological membrane.Passive transport
Passive transport involves the ______ of a substance across a biological membrane.diffusion
The cellular secretion of macromolecules by the fusion of vesicles with the plasma membrane.exocytosis,
_______ involves the movement of a substance across a biological membrane against its concentration or electrochemical gradient with the help of energy input and specific transport proteins.Active transport,
A(n) ______ protein is typically a transmembrane protein with hydrophobic regions that completely span the hydrophobic interior of the membrane.integral protein,
A molecule that binds specifically to a receptor site of another molecule is called a(n) _____.ligand
A molecule that has both a hydrophic region and a hydrophilic region is _____.amphipathic
A protein channel in a cell membrane that allows passage of a specific ion down its concentration gradient is called a(n) _____.ion channel
A property of biological membranes that allows some substances to cross more easily than others is called _____.selective permeability
In comparing two solutions, the one with the lower solute concentration is called the _____ solution.hypotonic
The currently accepted model of cell membrane structure, which envisions the membrane as a collage of individually inserted protein molecules drifting laterally in a fluid bilayer of phospholipids is called _____.the fluid mosaic model,
A(n) ______ is a protein structure that involves active transport by using ATP to force hydrogen ions out of a cell, generating a membrane potential in the process.proton pump (remember, a hydrogen ion is a proton),
A lipid covalently attached to a carbohydrate is called a(n) _____.glycolipid (think of glycogen, which is a carbohydrate, attached to a lipid)
Another word to describe plants which are very firm due to the cells of the plant having a greater solute concentration than their surroundings is _____.turgid
A special transport protein in the plasma membrane of animal cells that transports sodium out of the cell and potassium into the cell against their concentration gradients is called _____.a sodium-potassium pump,
The movement of specific molecules into a cell by the inward budding of membanous vesicles containing proteins with receptor sites specific to the molecules being taken in; enables a cell to acquire bulk quantities of specific substances.receptor-mediated endocytosis,
The charge difference between a cell's cytoplasm and the extracellular fluid, due to a buildup of cations or anions on one side of the membrane.membrane potential
A protein covalently attached to a carbohydrate is called _____.a glycoprotein,
The diffusion gradient of an ion, representing a type of potential energy that accounts for the concentration difference of the ion across a membrane and its tendency to move relative to the membrane potential.electrochemical gradient,
The coupling of the downhill diffusion of one substance to the uphill transport of another against its own concentration gradient.cotransport
A protein channel in a cell membrane that opens or closes in response to a particular stimulus.gated channel,
The regulation of solute and water concentrations in body fluids by organisms living in hyperosmotic, hypo-osmotic, and terrestrial environments.osmoregulation
A transport protein in the plasma membrane of a plant or animal cell that specifically facilitates the diffusion of water across the membrane (osmosis).aquaporin,
An ion transport protein that generates voltage across a membrane.electrogenic pump
A ______ protein is a transmembrane protein that helps a certain substance or class of closely related substances to cross the membrane.transport protein
Cells will have to use active transport if they are trying to transport substances against the ________ of that substance.concentration gradient
A protein appendage loosely bound to the surface of a membrane and not embedded in the lipid bilayer.peripheral protein,
______ occurs in walled cells when the cytoplasm shrivels and the plasma membrane pulls away from the cell wall (due to the cell losing water to a hypertonic environment).plasmolysis,
A measure of the ability of a solution to cause a cell within it to gain or lose water is called _____.tonicity
_______ diffusion is the spontaneous passage of molecules and ions, bound to specific carrier proteins, across a biological membrane down their concentration gradients.Facilitated diffusion,
The picture below is showing _____., active transport,
Which of the six major functions of cellular proteins is being shown below?, attachment to cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix,
Which of the six major functions of cellular proteins is being shown below?, cell-cell recognition,
Which of the six major functions of cellular proteins is being shown below?, enzymatic activity (enzymes that are involved in multistep metabolic pathways are often found near each other embedded in a membrane),
Which process is shown below?, Simple diffusion,
Which process is shown below?, facilitated diffusion (It's diffusion because the particles are travelling down the concentration gradient. It's facilitated because a channel protein is helping),
What type of membrane protein is shown below (be specific)?, gated channel protein,
What are the brown and green things below?, glycoproteins,
Which of the six major functions of cellular proteins is being shown below?, intercellular joining (for example, tight junctions, and gap junctions,),
The cell on the right has undergone _____., plasmolysis,
The proton pump below is being used to set up a(n) ________., electrochemical gradient,
What type of endocytosis is shown below?, Receptor-mediated endocytosis,
Which of the six major functions of cellular proteins is being shown below?, signal transduction,
What is the specific name of the cell membrane protein in the picture below?, sodium-potassium pump (very important in nerve cells),
Which of the six major functions of cellular proteins is being shown below?, transport,
Which type of transport protein is pictured below?, channel protein,
Which type of transport protein is pictured below?, carrier protein,
What type of solution was the cell on the left exposed to?, hypotonic,
What type of solution was the cell on the middle exposed to?, isotonic,
What type of solution was the cell on the right exposed to?, hypertonic,
Which process is shown below?, cotransport,


BIOLOGY/ CHEMISTRY TEACHER
HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL
HAMPTON, VA

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