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The process of keeping the internal conditions in an organism stable | Homeostasis |
The movement of materials into and out of cells | Cellular transport |
The membrane that surrounds the contents of a cell and allows only certain things into and out of the cell | Cell membrane |
A property of cell membranes that allows only certain things to cross by not others | Selectively permeable |
The two layers of phospholipid molecules arranged tail to tail that help to make up cell membranes | Phospholipid bilayer |
Processes such as endocytosis and exocytosis that require some of the cell's energy to move from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration | Active transport |
Processes such as osmosis and diffusion that do not require energy from the cell | Passive transport |
The movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration | Diffusion |
A different in the concentration of ions or other dissolved particles between two regions | Concentration gradient |
The state of having equal concentrations | Equilibrium |
The diffusion of molecules across a membrane through special proteins in the membrane | Facilitated diffusion |
Proteins present in the cell membrane that allow different types of substances to pass through the membrane | Transport proteins |
The movement of water across a membrane | Osmosis |
Dissolved particles | Solute |
Having a higher solute concentration outside the cell and causing the cell to shrink | Hypertonic |
Having a higher solute concentration inside the cell and causing the cell to swell | Hypotonic |
Having equal solute concentrations inside and outside the cell | Isotonic |
A protein present in the cell membrane that helps to move materials into and out of the cell | Transport protein |
Process used by a cell to take in a large particle | Endocytosis |
Process used by a cell to release materials out of the cell | Exocytosis |