Plasma Membrane
by james ferguson
1. Osmosis
1.1. Tonicity
1.1.1. Hypertonic solution
1.1.2. Hypotonic solution
2. Polar
2.1. Carbon dioxid
2.1.1. very small so diffuses
3. Non Polar
3.1. oxygen
4. active transport
4.1. Ion Pump
4.1.1. sodium ion
4.1.2. potassium ion
4.1.3. ATP
5. passive transport
5.1. ion channel
5.2. Carrier Protein
5.2.1. glucose
5.2.2. amino acids
6. phospholipid bylayer
6.1. Aquaporin
6.1.1. water
6.2. Fat-soluble molecules e.g. steroids
6.3. diffusion
6.3.1. simple diffusion
6.3.2. fascilitated diffusion
6.4. Hydrophilic
6.5. hypdrophobic
6.6. Receptor-mediated endocytosis
6.6.1. Macromolecules e.g. proteins
6.6.2. Vesicles