What would happen if the plasma membrane were madeprimarily of a hydrophilic substance such as carbohydrate? Which of the major themes at the end of chapter 1does this point best exemplify?

Q: phospholipid that is destined to become part of the plasma membrane is synthesized inside a cell.…

A: There are some important points : Plasma membrane is a dynamic, fluid-structure and forms an…

Q: Which substances cannot pass directly through the phospholipid bilayer of the plasma membrane.

A: Cells have an outer covering that is commonly known as the plasma membrane or cell membrane. This…

Q: Which of the following would not be a constituent of a plasma membrane? glycolipids O glycoproteins…

A: All cells in living beings have three common things, namely cytoplasm, DNA, and a plasma membrane.…

Q: "In all events involving fusion of a vesicle to a target membrane, the cytosolic leaflets of the…

A: The fusing of vesicles involves a large number of different protein components. The vesicle…

Q: In eukaryotic cells, what name is given to the region between the nucleus and the plasma membrane?…

A: Eukaryotic cells - Eukaryotic cells are the type of cells that make up all multicellular organisms,…

Q: Which observation would suggest that active transport, rather than diffusion, is responsible for…

A: Introduction: Transportation of substances across the cell membrane occurs via various methods.…

Q: What substances can pass freely through the plasma membrane.

A: A biological membrane that forms the boundary between the cytoplasmic contents of the cell from the…

Q: List all the cytoplasmic organelles that are composed (at least in part) of lipid-bilayer membranes.…

A: A cell is defined as the structural and fundamental unit of life. They are the simplest structure…

Q: List 4 function of the plasma membrane

A: The plasma membrane is the membrane that is found in all cells. It is also known as cell membrane.…

Q: The cytoplasm of a certain cell is composed of a solution that is 98% water, 2% solutes. Consider…

A: Introduction  Tonicity is a measure of the relative concentration of solutes dissolved in two…

Osmosis

In simple words, osmosis is the slow, gradual movement of a liquid through a membrane. But there are nuances to this process. For instance, there has to be an imbalance in the distribution of solute in the liquid on either side of the membrane, which has to be semipermeable. The liquid in the region with a lower solute concentration moves to the region with a higher concentration, thereby displacing the solution in the process. The objective is to equalize the concentration of molecules on both sides of the membrane; the displacement of liquid can be viewed as a byproduct of this equalization. Since there is no energy required to carry osmosis, it is considered a passive process.