Exam 3: The Plasma Membrane and Membrane Potential

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Complete each of the following statments. Secondary active transport in which two substances pass through the membrane in the same direction is called ____________________.

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Complete each of the following statments. Surrounding a blood cell with a 0.5% NaCl solution would cause the cell to ____________________, because this NaCl solution is ____________________ to the cell.

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At resting membrane potential, sodium and potassium ions are no longer moving across the membrane.

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Describe what would happen to red blood cells if a person received a transfusion of distilled (pure) water.

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Sheets of epithelial cells are joined by gap junctions.

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The resting membrane potential is

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Na+ ions can move from the ECF into the ICF by passing through secondary active transport carriers, simple diffusion channels, and the sodium-potassium pumps.

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According to Fick's law of diffusion, which of the following changes would decrease the rate of net diffusion of "X" across a membrane?

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Complete each of the following statments. A solutions containing the same concentration of solute particles as human cells is said to be ____________________ to the cell.

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Gap junctions contain carrier proteins that transport ions from one cell into another cell.

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Use the figure above to answer the corresponding questions. Which protein could represent the GLUT protein in the membrane of an intestinal cell? Use the figure above to answer the corresponding questions. Which protein could represent the GLUT protein in the membrane of an intestinal cell?   c. d.a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5 c. d.a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5

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According to the Nernst equation, the equilibrium potential for a given ion decreases as the difference in concentration of the ion outside and inside the cell increases.

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Complete each of the following statments. A solution containing ____________________ mOsm of solute is isotonic to human cells.

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Complete each of the following statments. "Kiss" sites are associated with cell-to-cell connections called ____________________.

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Complete each of the following statments. The two types of ____________________ transport include active transport and ____________________.

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A Ca2+ pump in the plasma membrane

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Which of the following is correct?

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Cadherins are docking-marker acceptors to which secretory vesicles bind prior to exocytosis.

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Cell X has a resting potential of -80 mV. If a ____ opens and causes the potential to change 10 mV, the resulting potential will be ____.

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Complete each of the following statments. Cell connections called ____________________ force materials to pass through cells and not between them.

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