A Tour of the Cell Membrane

Semi-Permeable means:

• Let's anything through

• Let's nothing through

• Let's specific things through

Click on the part of this image that is hydrophilic (attracted to water)

Proteins in the cell membrane do which of the following:

• Allow certain materials to cross the cell membrane, that otherwise couldn't

• Destroy nearby toxic materials

• Allow everything to cross the cell membrane

Carbohydrates are used in the cell membrane for ​ ​ (a)  

• providing identificaiton to other cells
• providing structure and support
• allowing special materials into the cell

Match the macros to their appropriate role in the cell membrane.

Groups:

(a) Structure/Support

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(b) Channeling

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(c) Identification

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(d) Not in the Membrane

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids (Phospholipids)

• Nucleic Acids

• Proteins