unit 2 bio 111

Front

Why does the phospholipid-based membrane need to be a bilayer?

Back

Because otherwise it forms a solid sphere

Front

The recognition of self facilitated by the plasma membrane plays an important role in ________.

Back

the immune response

Front

The surface of the plasma membrane is ________ due to the ________.

Back

hydrophilic; phospholipids

Front

Active transport must function continuously because ________.

Back

diffusion is constantly moving solutes to areas of low concentration

Front

Facilitated transport requires ________ to proceed.

Back

transport proteins

Front

All types of endocytosis include ________.

Back

the formation of a plasma membrane pocket around the target

Front

What cell process does this statement describe? Waste material is enveloped inside a vesicle, and the vesicle merges with the cell membrane and releases the waste outside the cell.

Back

Exocytosis

Front

________ are one type of small hydrophobic ligands used in cellular signaling.

Back

Steroid hormones

Front

In ________ signaling, a cell targets itself.

Back

autocrine

Front

________ receptors respond to hydrophobic molecules that easily cross the plasma membrane.

Back

Internal