CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION
CELL STRUCTURE
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Question
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anything can pass in and out
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the membrane regulates the passage of the material in and out of the cell
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glucose cannot enter the cell
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cholesterol cannot enter
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Detailed explanation-1: -Plasma membranes must allow certain substances to enter and leave a cell, while preventing harmful material from entering and essential material from leaving. In other words, plasma membranes are selectively permeable-they allow some substances through but not others.
Detailed explanation-2: -The membrane is selectively permeable because substances do not cross it indiscriminately. Some molecules, such as hydrocarbons and oxygen can cross the membrane. Many large molecules (such as glucose and other sugars) cannot. Water can pass through between the lipids. Ions such as H+ or Na+ cannot.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ‘cell membrane’ (also known as the plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane) is a biological membrane that separates the interior of all cells from the outside environment. The cell membrane is selectively permeable to ions and organic molecules and controls the movement of substances in and out of cells.
Detailed explanation-4: -The cell membrane controls what goes in and out by having protein channels that act like funnels in some cases and pumps in other cases. Passive transport does not require energy molecules and happens when a funnel opens in the membrane, letting molecules flow through.