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Why is it important to remember that the cell membrane is fluid?
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Why is it important for the cell membrane to be fluid?
The reason why the cell membrane requires a fluid consistency is to allow certain molecules to pass through. Fluidity is also important for phagocytosis to take place.
Components of the cell membrane constantly shift. The model describes this characteristic of the cell membrane.?
Yes, the Fluid Mosaic Model of the cell membrane describes this characteristic.
What is the membrane referred to as the fluid mosaic?
cell membrane
What structure engulfs fluid in a cell?
The fluid surrounding the cell is called interstitial fluid. The fluid inside the plasma membrane of the cell is called cytoplasm.The fluid surrounding the cell can also be called "Extracellular fluid". Also, the fluid inside the plasma membrane can also be called "cytosol"
Do animals have cell membrane?
yes, they do. The cell membrane is in the cell. The cell membrane protects the cell. It lets water and fluids into the cell and protects the cell from unneeded fluid.
The outside of an animal cell is?
This is the cell membrane or plasma membrane which is made of a phospholipid bilayer.
Why does the cell membrane acts like a fluid?
The cell membrane acts like a fluid because of its phospholipid bilayer. Phospholipids are designed in such a way that they are prevented from packing tightly together allowing molecules to drift around in the membrane. This is commonly called fluid mosaic.
What is the fluid within a cells outer membrane?
the cytoplasm is the inside fluid of a cell membrane
This is a fluid-filled membrane-surrounded cavity located inside a cell?
The vacuole is a fluid-filled membrane-surrounded cavity located inside a cell
Fluid mosaic model of a cell membrane?
Its called "the fluid mosaic model" of the cell membrane. This describes the clumping together of phospholipids to form rafts and their motion (along with single phospholipids) throughout the membrane.
Which part of the cell controls what gets in and out of the cell?
This is the cell membrane, the fluid mosaic, or the phospholipid bilayer.All names of the control membrane for in/out traffic of the cell.
How is the nuclear membrane important to the cell?
The nuclear membrane is important to the cell because if there was no nuclear membrane the cell would have no organization of the genetic material of the eukaryoytic cells.
