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Can all molecules diffuse through all cell membranes?
No, not all molecules can diffuse through all cell membranes. The ability of a molecule to diffuse through a cell membrane depends on its size, charge, and solubility in lipids. Small, non-polar molecules can generally pass through the lipid bilayer of cell membranes via simple diffusion, while larger, polar molecules may require specific transport mechanisms.
What types of molecules diffuse through the cell membranes by facilitated diffusion?
Molecules that are charged or polar, such as ions, glucose, and amino acids, diffuse through cell membranes by facilitated diffusion. This process relies on carrier proteins or channel proteins to help facilitate the movement of these molecules across the membrane.
What must the molecules in a capillary enter before they enter the cell?
Molecules traveling within the bloodstream pass through the capillary cell wall via osmotic pressure and diffuse through the interstitial fluid before encountering the tissue cell wall.
Name a substance that can diffuse across the cell membrane?
Things that aren't charged. Charged particles can't cross the hydrophobic tails, but are attracted to the outward-facing hydrophilic phosphate heads. Things that are charged can still diffuse into the cell, but it must be facilitated by proteins present within the cell membrane.Oxygen and carbon dioxide are some examples of things that can freely diffuse across the cell membrane, water and ions are some example of things that must be facilitated by protein channels.
What must be used to transport materials that cannot diffuse across the membrane?
Transport proteins, such as channels and carriers, must be used to transport materials that cannot diffuse across the membrane. These proteins facilitate the movement of specific substances across the cell membrane by providing a passageway or binding site for the molecules to move through.
What characteristics is more likely to make a substance diffuse through the cell membrane?
Size. Actually very few substances are able to diffuse across the menbrane, most must be transported ie facilitated diffusion, active transport, or receptor-mediated endocytosis. Carbon dioxide, oxygen, water, and some lipid substances are able to diffuse across the membrane
How do you'r body's cells get the things they need to survive?
Every cell in the body has access to essential nutrients through the circulatory system. Molecules in the blood diffuse out of capillaries where their concentration is high, into surrounding tissue fluid where they are required. For small molecules, such as water and gasses, this is allowed by tiny holes in the membranes just big enough for them to pass through. Larger molecules such as glycogen and proteins must be drawn into cells by a process called active transport, where gates embedded in the cell membranes are use ATP to pull desired molecules into the cell.
Must sugar dissolve in blood to enter cells?
No, sugar enters cells through facilitative diffusion, a process that does not require it to dissolve in blood. Cells use specialized transport proteins to move sugar molecules from the blood into the cell.
What are the three biological molecules in the cell that DNA must be separated from?
The three biological molecules in the cell that DNA must be separated from are proteins, RNA, and lipids. This separation is essential for processes like DNA replication, transcription, and translation to occur efficiently and accurately.
What particles can diffuse directly through the lipid bi-layer?
As the bilayer contains hydrophobic fatty acid tails, water-soluble molecules cannot diffuse directly through. However, lipid soluble molecules such as oxygen can diffuse directly through. Overall, for a molecule to be able to diffuse directly through it must be lipid-soluble, relatively small and non-polar.
Why must food be digested?
Digestion is necessary because for energy from the food to be released and carried into the cells in our body the food must be broken down into soluble molecules for it to diffuse into the cells. Then energy is released during respiration.
What waste materials leave the cell through the cell membrance?
Proteins that are attached to the ribosomes, I suppose
