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It uses both.Materials enter through phospholipid bilayers as water molecules are often small enough to pass through them even though water molecules are polar.However osmosis also uses channel proteins to diffuse at a quicker rate as facilitated diffusion though the bilayer takes longer.

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Lipid-soluble materials enter and exit the cell via?

Phospholipids permit lipid-soluble materials to easily enter or leave the cell by diffusion through the cell membrane. Phospholipids form a bilayer or double layer which makes up most of the membrane.


What types of materials can enter the cell?

small molecules through the integral proteins in the phospholipid bilayer


How do materials enter and leave the nucleus?

Materials enter and leave the nucleus through nuclear pore complexes in the nuclear envelope. Large molecules, such as proteins and RNA, are actively transported into and out of the nucleus through these pores using specific transport proteins. Small molecules, like ions and small proteins, can freely diffuse through the pores.


How do proteins enter the nucleus?

Proteins enter the nucleus through nuclear pores in the nuclear membrane. These pores allow specific proteins to pass through and enter the nucleus where they can perform their functions.


Materials enter and leave the nucleus through opening in its?

Materials enter and leave the nucleus through openings called nuclear pores. These pores regulate the movement of molecules, such as RNA and proteins, between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. They allow for communication and transportation of essential components for cellular functions.


Do the Materials enter and leave the nucleus through the cromatin?

Materials usually enter through the cell wall.


What is a passageway in a cell for proteins?

Proteins enter and leave the cell through endocytosis and exocytosis, respectively.


What substances enter and leave the cells?

Proteins made on "bound" (attached) ribosomes leave through the cell membrane, and other proteins will enter the cell.


Which part of a cell allows nutrients and other materials to enter or leave the cell?

Transport proteins allow nutrients to enter and leave cells. Transport proteins are peppered throughout the cell membrane. Most molecules need the transport proteins to enter or leave the cell, but it's possible for some molecules, like water, to diffuse through the membrane by osmosis.


In what form do proteins enter the cells of the body?

Proteins enter cells through receptor-mediated endocytosis, where the protein binds to a specific receptor on the cell surface and is engulfed by the cell in a vesicle. Alternatively, some proteins can pass through the cell membrane via protein channels or transporters.


Most of the food and waste materials that move into and out of a cell pass through?

The cell membrane. It controls the passage of substances in and out of the cell through a process called selective permeability. This ensures that only necessary molecules enter the cell and waste products are removed.


Which macromolecule makes up the cell membrane?

Phospholipids The "tails" are hydrophobic and the "head" is hydrophilic, which forms a bilayer with the "heads" on the outsides of the wall (near the water). This is crucial for cells in terms of what can enter and exit the cell.