| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Passive transport | The movement of materials through a cell membrane without using energy |
| Diffision | movement of molcules from high concentration to areas with low concentration |
| Equiliberium | concentration is the same |
| Cell membrane | selectivly permable |
| Like dissolves Like | polar and polar/nonpolar and nonpolar |
| Osmosis | water molecules in a solution diffuse across a cell membrane of an high concentraion to lower concentration |
| hypotonoic | the concentration of solute outside the cell is lovwer; into the cell |
| hypertonic | concentration of soulute outside the cell is higher; out of the cell |
| isotonic | the concentration of solute is the same both outside and inside the cell |
| cytolysis | cell death |
| Facilitated diffision | carrier proteins ust assit movement of larger molecules or not soulable lipids |
| ion chanels | diffision allows moevent such as Calcium, Sodium, and Potassium |
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