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Membrane Structure & Function -Lecture 4a-chapter 7-(page 36 to 71)(exam 2)

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  • What happens to animal cells in hypotonic, isotonic, and hypertonic solutions?

    In a hypotonic solution, animal cells lyse (burst). In an isotonic solution, they remain normal. In a hypertonic solution, they shriveled.

  • How do plant cells respond to hypotonic, isotonic, and hypertonic environments?

    In hypotonic solution, plant cells become turgid (normal and firm). In isotonic, they become flaccid (limp). In hypertonic, they undergo plasmolysis where the membrane pulls away from the cell wall.

  • What is the function of the contractile vacuole in Paramecium?

    The contractile vacuole pumps excess water out of the cell to maintain water balance in hypotonic environments.

  • What are the two main types of transport proteins involved in facilitated diffusion?

    Channel proteins provide corridors for specific molecules or ions. Carrier proteins undergo shape changes to transport molecules across the membrane.

  • What role do aquaporins and ion channels play in facilitated diffusion?

    Aquaporins facilitate water diffusion. Ion channels facilitate ion transport, some of which are gated and open in response to stimuli.

  • How do gated ion channels function?

    They open or close in response to stimuli such as electrical signals or chemical binding, controlling ion flow.

  • What distinguishes facilitated diffusion from active transport?

    Facilitated diffusion moves solutes down their concentration gradient without energy. Active transport moves solutes against their gradient using energy, usually ATP.

  • What is the sodium-potassium pump and its function?

    A carrier protein that uses ATP to pump Na+ out and K+ into animal cells, maintaining concentration gradients.

  • What is membrane potential?

    The voltage across a membrane created by differences in ion distribution, with the inside of the cell negative relative to outside.

  • What forces make up the electrochemical gradient?

    The chemical force (ion concentration gradient) and the electrical force (membrane potential) together drive ion diffusion.

  • What is an electrogenic pump?

    A transport protein that generates voltage across a membrane by moving ions, storing energy for cellular work.

  • What are the main electrogenic pumps in animals and plants?

    In animals, the sodium-potassium pump. In plants, fungi, and bacteria, the proton pump that transports H+ ions out of the cell.

  • What is cotransport in membrane transport?

    Active transport of one solute indirectly drives transport of another solute against its gradient by coupling their movements.

  • How do plant cells use proton pumps and cotransporters?

    Proton pumps create an H+ gradient, and cotransporters use the downhill diffusion of H+ to actively transport sucrose into the cell.

  • How do animal cells use cotransport for glucose absorption?

    They couple active transport of glucose to the diffusion of Na+ into intestinal cells, maintained by sodium-potassium pumps.

  • What causes dangerous sodium loss during diarrhea and how is it treated?

    Rapid waste expulsion prevents sodium reabsorption, causing low sodium levels. Treatment involves drinking salt and glucose solutions to enable sodium/glucose uptake.

  • What is exocytosis?

    Transport vesicles fuse with the plasma membrane to release large molecules outside the cell, e.g., insulin secretion by pancreatic cells.

  • What is endocytosis?

    The process of taking macromolecules into the cell by forming vesicles from the plasma membrane.

  • What are the three types of endocytosis?

    Phagocytosis (cellular eating), pinocytosis (cellular drinking), and receptor-mediated endocytosis.

  • How does phagocytosis work?

    The cell engulfs particles by extending pseudopodia, forming a food vacuole that fuses with lysosomes for digestion.

  • What is pinocytosis?

    Non-specific uptake of extracellular fluid and solutes into tiny vesicles lined with coat proteins.

  • How does receptor-mediated endocytosis function?

    Specific solutes bind to receptors clustered in coated pits, which form vesicles to bring solutes into the cell; receptors are recycled.