Chapter 3, Problem 6RE

Summary Introduction

To match:

The means of membrane transport on the left with the direction of movement on the right.

Introduction:

Any substance that passes between cells and the enveloping extracellular fluid must possess the tendency to pass through the plasma membrane. If a component can pass through the membrane, the membrane is considered permeable for that component, however, in case if the component cannot pass, then the membrane is considered impermeable to it. The plasma membrane possesses the tendency of selective permeability, that is, it allows some of the particles to go through while inhibiting the others.