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Chapter 6: Membrane


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Chapter 6: Membrane

p. 105: plasma membrane

p. 106: phospholipids, lipid bilayer

p. 108: the fluid mosaic model

p. 109: spectrin links, glycocalyx

p. 110: transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy

p. 112: transmembrane proteins, anchors, channels, pores, beta-barrels, porins

p. 114: diffusion, equilibrium (plural, equilibria), selectively permeable, cations, anions, ion channels

p. 115: carriers, concentration gradient, facilitated diffusion, carrier- mediated transport

p. 116: aqueous solutions, solvent, solutes, osmosis, osmotic concentration, hyperosmotic, hypoosmotic, isosmotic, hydrostatic pressure, osmotic pressure

p. 117: extrusion, contractile vacuoles, turgor pressure

p. 118: endocytosis, phagocytosis, pinocytosis

p. 119: receptor-mediated endocytosis, clathrin, fluid-phase endocytosis, exocytosis

p. 120: active transport, sodium-potassium pump, adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

p. 122: cotransport, cotransport process, countertransport, proton pump, chemiosmosis

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