BIOL 2221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tight Junction, Facilitated Diffusion, Membrane Transport

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Activities inside the cells compromise the activities of the organism (helps keep organism alive) Functions: mechanical barrier, selective permeability (amphipathic nature), cell signaling. *head of each phospholipid is polar and tail is non-polar. In between the cell allowing nothing to get through. It connects inside of one cell to inside of another one. Down concentration gradient- moves from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. Simple diffusion- can pass through the membrane with no energy and no assistance. Facilitated diffusion- no energy needed but need assistance to pass through. Carrier-mediated facilitated- solute comes through one way and changes shape of protein then release inside. Osmosis- facilitated diffusion of water by aquaporin. Water is crossing the membrane because the solute is unbalanced. Water passes through because the solute is too big to cross. Tonicity- tendency of a cell to gain or lose water. Hypotonic- swell *too much water inside- not enough solute inside.

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