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Diffusion of gases easily occurs across a membrane. The gases will have to be converted into liquids so as to diffuse easily.
The phospholipid bilayer that composes the cell membrane is an example of a selectively permeable membrane. It only lets through small, non-polar molecules.
Oxygen molecules are small and nonpolar, which allows them to easily pass through the hydrophobic lipid bilayer of the cell membrane via simple diffusion. Glucose molecules, on the other hand, are larger and polar, making it more difficult for them to move through the nonpolar interior of the lipid bilayer. They require specific transport proteins or channels to facilitate their movement across the membrane.
A hydrophobic molecules (such as a steroid molecule) can easily diffuse into the cell
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Carbon dioxide, oxygen and some nonpolar molecules diffuse easily.
Glucose is too big to pass throught.
CO2, H2O, and O2 can all diffuse across a cell membrane. Also, small polar molecules (uncharged) and hydrocarbons easily diffuse across.
Diffusion of gases easily occurs across a membrane. The gases will have to be converted into liquids so as to diffuse easily.
Cell membrane is semipermeable and oxygen molecules have size required for easy passqge while Glucose molecules do not have that size required for easy passage.
The phospholipid bilayer that composes the cell membrane is an example of a selectively permeable membrane. It only lets through small, non-polar molecules.
Oxygen molecules are small and nonpolar, which allows them to easily pass through the hydrophobic lipid bilayer of the cell membrane via simple diffusion. Glucose molecules, on the other hand, are larger and polar, making it more difficult for them to move through the nonpolar interior of the lipid bilayer. They require specific transport proteins or channels to facilitate their movement across the membrane.
Water, any small molecule and lipids.
A hydrophobic molecules (such as a steroid molecule) can easily diffuse into the cell
Oxygen
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Ions cannot diffuse through a phospholipid bilayer because they are not able to dissolve in lipids, hence the phosphoLIPID bilayer . Also, since they have an electrical charge, they are repelled by the membrane.