Cell Membranes: Functions and Structure

Water is the universal ______

Osmosis is the movement of ______

Diffusion is the movement of a solute from a high to a low ______

We live in an isotonic solution where there is a similar concentration of solute inside and outside of the ______

In a hypertonic solution, there is a high extracellular ______

Glucose binds and transporter ratchets, opening to the inside of the cell and releasing ______

Membranes form a boundary with a lipid bilayer, which serves as a ______ barrier

The cell and nucleus are examples of membrane-bound ______

Cells actively pump sodium out and potassium in through ______ processes

Membranes have receptors that can detect signals, enabling ______ processes

In multicellular organisms, cells physically hang onto each other for ______ interactions

The fluid mosaic model describes membranes as fluid due to lateral ______

The most common secondary structure spanning a membrane is the alpha ______

Phospholipids have hydrophobic fatty acid tails and polar ______ groups

Integral membrane proteins are tightly integrated and considered an integral part of the ______

Simple diffusion does not require any help from proteins and is driven by a ______ gradient

The glucose transporter allows glucose to flow down its gradient from ______ concentration to low concentration

If all transporters are occupied, you have reached ______

The sodium-potassium pump creates a high sodium gradient ______ the cell and high potassium gradient inside the cell

The energy used to move glucose in by active transport in the Na+-Glucose Symporter comes from the delta G of ______ diffusion

Mitochondria have their own ______

The final electron acceptor in cellular respiration is ______

Acetyl CoA formation involves converting pyruvate to ______

In the Citric Acid Cycle, acetyl CoA delivers 2 carbon acetyl groups into the ______

In the Citric Acid Cycle, the enzyme aconitase converts citrate to ______

Succinate dehydrogenase converts 4-carbon succinate to ______