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Vocabulary Words for Chapter Five: Membrane Biology - Prof. Richard Thomas, Study notes of Biology

A list of key vocabulary words and concepts related to membrane biology, including the plasma membrane, phospholipid bilayer, amphipathic molecules, fluid mosaic model, membrane fluidity, various protein types, passive and facilitated transport mechanisms, osmosis terms, and membrane trafficking processes.

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Vocabulary Words for Chapter Five
Plasma membrane
Phospholipid bilayer
Amphipathic molecules
Fluid mosaic model
Membrane fluidity
Integral (intrinsic) proteins
Extrinsic (peripheral) proteins
Cholesterol
Glycocalyx
Protein functions
Passive transport
Diffusion
Osmosis
Facilitated diffusion
Dialysis
Diffusion gradient
Terms of osmosis
Osmotic pressure
Solute
Solvent
Solution
Hypertonic
Hypotonic
Isotonic
Turgor pressure
Plasmolysis
Active transport
Endocytosis
Exocytosis
Phagocytosis
Pinocytosis
Na/K ion pump

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Vocabulary Words for Chapter Five Plasma membrane Phospholipid bilayer Amphipathic molecules Fluid mosaic model Membrane fluidity Integral (intrinsic) proteins Extrinsic (peripheral) proteins Cholesterol Glycocalyx Protein functions Passive transport Diffusion Osmosis Facilitated diffusion Dialysis Diffusion gradient Terms of osmosis Osmotic pressure Solute Solvent Solution Hypertonic Hypotonic Isotonic Turgor pressure Plasmolysis Active transport Endocytosis Exocytosis Phagocytosis Pinocytosis Na/K ion pump