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The sodium-potassium pump uses ENERGY to move ions, it is a form of active transport. It moves sodium ions, generall highly concentrated outside the cell, to the outside, and potassium ions highly concentrated within the cell, within. Thus, it moves ions from areas of low concentration to high concentration, a process unlike diffusion and osmosis.....it requires ATP or the energy currency of a cell.

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A sodium-potassium pump transports sodium and potassium ions across cell membranes, generally to create an electrical gradient (such as in heart muscle cells or neurons).

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No, it uses [highly specific as opposed to bulk] Active Transport Systems times two: one each for each of the 'pumps' - transmembrane Gated Channels are used.

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