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What cell part provides support for the cell allows gases and water to pass through and provides protection?

The cell wall is the structure that provides support for the cell, allows gases and water to pass through, and provides protection by maintaining the cell's shape and rigidity. It is found in plant cells, bacteria, fungi, and some protists.


What allows water molecules to pass through?

Water molecules are able to pass through cell membranes via specialized proteins called aquaporins. Aquaporins facilitate the movement of water across membranes by creating a channel for water molecules to pass through while preventing other molecules from entering. This selective permeability helps to regulate the flow of water in and out of cells.


Where can phospholipids move and allow water?

freely and allow water and other hydrophylic molecules to pass through into or out of the cell.


What structure regulates the movement of water into and out f a cell?

Cell membrane, specifically aquaporin proteins, regulate the movement of water into and out of the cell through a process called osmosis. These proteins create channels that selectively allow water molecules to pass through, maintaining proper water balance in the cell.


What will happen if distilled water is hypotonic to a red blood cell?

If distilled water is hypotonic to a red blood cell, water will move into the cell through osmosis, causing the cell to swell and potentially burst (lyse) due to the increased pressure inside the cell. Red blood cells do not have a cell wall to protect them from changes in osmotic pressure, so they are particularly susceptible to lysis in hypotonic solutions.

Related Questions

What is it called when a substance can not pass through the cell membrain?

Selectively Permeable


What does a plant cell membrain do?

A plant's Cell Membrane is very thin and lets things pass in and out of the cell.


What allows water to pass through?

water can pass through cell membranes by osmosis- similar to diffusion


Can water and oxygen pass through the cell walls?

Although the cell wall is tough, many materials, including water and oxygen, can pass through easily.


What substance can pass though cell membranes by diffusion?

water


What are four things that the cell wall allows to pass into and out of the cell?

Water, sucrose, ions, amino acids and proteins with molecular weight less than 20,000 can pass through the cell wall


What does the cell membrane do inside of the animal cell?

The cell membrane is the layer that surrounds the cell and allows nutrients and water to pass through.


How is the cell membrane semi permeable?

Allow water to pass throw


Can water not pass a cell membrane?

it can i think the word starts with an o


What is the outside of a plant cell that provides extra support and it allows gases an water to pass in and out?

cell wall


What do you call a cell membrane that allows certain molecules to pass through?

A selectively permeable membrane.


What is the function of plasma membrain?

All cells have a plasma membrane that encloses their contents and serves as a barrier to the outside environment. The membrane acts as a boundary, holding the cell constituents together and keeping other substances from getting in. But the plasma membrane does allows nutrients and other essential elements to enter the cell and waste materials to leave the cell. Small molecules, such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water, are able to pass freely through the membrane, but the passage of larger molecules is controlled.