Exam 3: The Plasma Membrane and Membrane Potential

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A(n)____________________ solution has the same concentration of non-penetrating solutes as normal body cells.

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Figure 3-16 Answer the corresponding questions using the accompanying figure. Figure 3-16 Answer the corresponding questions using the accompanying figure.    -Which labeled diagram depicts phosphorylation? -Which labeled diagram depicts phosphorylation?

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Proteins that are embedded in the lipid bilayer are called ____.

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A more direct means of expressing solvent concentration is the osmolarity of a solution,which is a measure of its total solvent concentration given in terms of the mass of particles.

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____________________ is a rubbery protein fiber most plentiful in tissues that must easily stretch and then recoil after the stretching force is removed.

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Discuss how some cells are directly linked by specialized cell junctions.

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What are the three important functions of the lipid bilayer of the plasma membrane?

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Figure 3-16 Answer the corresponding questions using the accompanying figure. Figure 3-16 Answer the corresponding questions using the accompanying figure.    -Which labeled diagram depicts sodium ions in the ICF? -Which labeled diagram depicts sodium ions in the ICF?

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What are the two passive forms of movement across a plasma membrane?

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Desmosomes are the weakest cell-to-cell connections.​

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What are the three major types of protein fibers that are woven through the interstitial fluid?

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A common view of the membrane structure is known as the static mosaic model.

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Carbohydrate-containing surface markers are involved in tissue growth.

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____________________ act like "spot rivets" that anchor together two adjacent but non-touching cells.

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In addition to the concentration gradient,what else affects the movement of ions across plasma membranes?

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All molecules and ions are in continuous random motion at temperatures above absolute zero as a result of thermal (heat)energy.

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Water-soluble (lipid-insoluble)ions have to be smaller than what diameter in order to use protein channels for passage across the membrane?​

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A(n)____________________ is made up of six protein subunits arranged in a hollow,tube-like structure that extends through the thickness of the plasma membrane.

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Saturation of carriers is a critical rate-limiting factor in the transport of selected substances across the kidney membranes during urine formation.

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What method do cells use to transfer small to moderate-sized water-soluble substances across the membrane?

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