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Simple diffusion process, i.e. from high pressure to low pressure

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- being dissolved in [the moving] Solution.

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What molecule crosses the plasma membrane by diffusion?

water


Why can oxygen easily cross the plasma membrane but sodium ions are unable to cross the plasma membrane?

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What substances easily pass through the plasma membrane?

oxygen


How does oxygen get in and out of plasma membrane?

Oxygen, O2, is a small enough molecule that it diffuses diwn it's concentration gradient into the cell and rather easily foes through the plasma membrane. Many small molecules can do this.


How does oxygen enter the mitochondria?

Oxygen in your air is inhaled by our body and then transported to the lung for purification. Again, oxygen is distributed to the different tissue and organs of our body by RBC blood cells. Once oxygen is delivered to a particular tissue, cells barier plasma membrane is permeable to oxygen and allow to diffuse inside cell. Once inside the cell, it crosses the mitochondrial membrane and participate in mitochondrial respiration.


What substance is correctly paired to the way it crosses the plasma membrane?

Water crosses via osmosis. glucose via diffusion. Carbon dioxide needs assistance to pass through the membrane so it requires active transport.


What membrane of the red cell will allow water oxygen carbon dioxide and glucose to pass through?

Plasma membrane


What process does oxygen and carbon dioxide use to cross the plasma membrane?

diffusion


A lipid base molecule primarily composed of 4 interlocking rings of carbon that readily crosses a plasma membrane is?

testosterone


How does nutrients enter a cell?

The plasma membrane.


Another name for plasma membrane?

A cell membrane is also known as a plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane. The cell membrane separates the interior of a cell from its outside environment. The main function of a cell membrane is to protect the cell from its surroundings.


Is homeostasis the quality of a plasma membrane that allows oxygen and glucose to move in?

Selective Permeability