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What type of substances pass through the membrane by facilitated diffusion?
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∙ 11y ago
soluble materials which can diffuse passively .
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How are diffusion and facilitated diffusion similar?
Substances enter a cell through the cell membrane
What is the process by which substances are moved through the cell membrane by a carrier molecule?
facilitated diffusion or active transport
What is the diffusion of water through the cell membrane is called?
Facilitated Diffusion
What is a protein moves molecules across a membrane?
Facilitated diffusion moves molecules through cell membranes passively.
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.
How is facilitated diffusion differing from diffusion?
Simple diffusion allows non-polar molecules to pass through and a little amount of H20. On the other hand, Facilitated diffusion allows ions and polar molecules across the membrane because it contains carrier proteins. It is highly specific to substances it diffuses across the membrane.
What are the types of movement through a membrane?
Osmosis, diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport
What is facilited diffusion?
Facilitated Diffusion is the movement of molecules across cell membranes through protein channels and carrier proteins.Facilitated diffusion is a passive transport process, aka no energy required, where substances move down their concentration gradient (high concentration to low concentration) across a protein through a membrane protein because it is unable to diffuse directly through the phospholipid portion of the membrane itself.Diffusion of molecules assisted by protein channels that pierce a cell membrane
What is facilitated diffusion across the phospholipid membrane?
Facilitated diffusion is the movement a substance from high concentration to low concentration across a membrane through a transporter protein or channel
A molecule such as glucose must use a protein channel to cross through a cell membrane?
facilitated diffusion
What are the functions of facilitated diffusion?
the point of facilitated diffusion is to help move sugars and amino acids through the cell membrane the ready set <3
What types of transport mechanisms through the cell membrane are passive?
diffusion, facilitated diffusion, and osmosis
