Cell membrane structure
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What is the main function of cell membranes?
To control what passes through them.
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What are eukaryotic cell organelles surrounded by?
Membranes.
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What is the role of cell-surface membranes?
They act as a barrier between the cell and its environment, controlling the movement of substances.
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What are membranes within cells important for?
Dividing the cell into different compartments for specific functions.
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What does "partially permeable" mean?
It means the membrane allows some substances to pass through but not others.
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What does the 'fluid mosaic' structure describe?
It describes the arrangement of molecules in the membrane.
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Why is the membrane described as "fluid"?
Because the phospholipids can move sideways.
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What makes the membrane "mosaic"?
Proteins scattered through the phospholipid bilayer.
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What is the function of cholesterol in the membrane?
It provides stability by fitting between phospholipids and making the membrane less fluid and more rigid.
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What do phospholipids form?
A barrier to dissolved substances.
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What are the two parts of a phospholipid molecule?
A hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic tail.
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What does hydrophilic mean?
Water-attracting.
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What does hydrophobic mean?
Water-repelling.
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How do phospholipids arrange themselves in the membrane?
They form a bilayer with heads facing water and tails facing inward.
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What type of substances cannot pass through the bilayer easily?
Water-soluble substances like ions.
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What are glycolipids?
Lipids with a polysaccharide chain attached.
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What affects the permeability of cell membranes?
Temperature, solvent concentration, and solvent type.
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What happens to membrane permeability as temperature increases?
It increases because the phospholipids move more and the structure breaks down.
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What happens to the membrane below 0°C?
Phospholipids don't move much, making the membrane more rigid but possibly leaky.
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What happens between 0°C and 45°C?
The phospholipids move more, increasing permeability slightly.
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What happens above 45°C?
The bilayer breaks down, proteins denature, and the membrane becomes highly permeable.
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What is the role of proteins in the membrane?
They control what enters and leaves the cell.
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What are receptor proteins?
Proteins that detect chemicals like hormones and signal the cell to respond.
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What is the main role of cholesterol in animal cells?
To provide stability and prevent the membrane from being too fluid.
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What is the 'fluid mosaic model'?
It is the model used to describe the dynamic and varied structure of cell membranes.
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What type of molecule is cholesterol?
A lipid.
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