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Cell Membranes and Transport

  • The fluid mosaic model describes the cell membrane as a phospholipid bilayer embedded with proteins.
  • Phospholipids are amphipathic; they have hydrophobic fatty acid tails and hydrophilic heads composed of a phosphate group and its attachments.
  • The cell membrane is selectively permeable. It is most permeable to small, nonpolar molecules and less permeable or impermeable to larger, nonpolar molecules and ions.
  • Passive transport does not require energy. Both simple diffusion and facilitated diffusion are methods of passive transport.
  • Osmosis is the diffusion of water down its concentration gradient.
  • Active transport requires energy in order to move a substance against its concentration gradient. Cotransport uses the energy of one substance moving down its concentration gradient to move a second substance against its concentration gradient.
  • Larger substances can enter the cell via endocytosis, in which the cell engulfs materials by pinching off a portion of the cell membrane to form a vesicle. Molecules may leave the cell via exocytosis.

Cell Membranes and Transport

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AP Biology Intro