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What ions can leak through the plasma membrane due to diffusion?
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N, P, K and trace element ions
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How do ions pass through the membrane?
Osmosis and diffusion
When ions move across a plasma membrane what will happen?
they create a flow of electrical currrent that can disturb the resting membrane potential.
What moves small or lipid soluble solutes through the membrane?
The unassisted diffusion of solutes through the plasma membrane is called simple diffusion. Solutes transported this way are either lipi-soluble (fats, fat-soluble vitamins, oxygen, carbon dioxide) or small enough to pass through the membrane pores (some small ions such as chloride ions, for example).
How are diffusion and facilitated diffusion diffrent?
Diffusion directly passes through the cell membrane unaffected by the hydrophobic part of the membrane. Facilitated diffusion uses proteins to assist in the movement of molecules. Ions have trouble moving through the hydrophobic part of the membrane.
Maintained by the plasma membrane is what?
the plasma membrane maintains passage of ions Homeostasis
Which ions are permeable to phospholipids that make up the plasma membrane?
which ions are permeable to phospholipids that make up the plasma membrane
What is FALSE regarding the membrane potential?
Both potassium and sodium ions can "leak" through the cell membrane due to diffusion.
Why can oxygen easily cross the plasma membrane but sodium ions are unable to cross the plasma membrane?
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What drives diffusion?
Diffusion is the movement of ions and other micro molecules across a barrier or membrane. Diffusion is caused by gradients on either side of the membrane.
What term describes the difference between the numbers of hydrogen ions on opposite sides of the membrane?
Diffusion and it does not have to be through a semi permeable membrane.
Describe how the diffusion of ions across a cell membrane differs from the diffusion of nonpolar molecules across the cell membrane?
Ions need to be facilitated through a cell membrane because they are passing through a phospholipid bilayer with a hydrophobic interior. Non polar molecules are also hydrophobic, so they can pass through the membrane easily if they are small enough. Ions are polar, so they have a hard time passing through membranes.
What molecules would be most likely to pass through the lipid bilyer of a plasma membrane?
ions and polar molecules
