BIOLOGY 110 EXAM 2

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WHAT ARE THE NONPOLAR GROUPS OF A PHOSPHOLIPID?
TAIL GROUP
WHICH WORD IS DEFINED BY THIS STATEMENT: IT IS A MEASURE OF DISORDER OR RANDOMNESS?
ENTROPY
THE SUM OF ALL CHEMICAL ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE IN AN ORGANISM
METABOLISM
THIS TYPE OF MEMBRANE PROTEIN HELPS TO ANCHOR PROTEINS IN THE PLASMA MEMBRANE OF NEIGHBORING CELLS TO ONE ANOTHER.
LINKERS
THIS TYPE OF MEMBRANE PROTEIN ENABLES CELL MEMBRANES TO INCREASE THE RATE OF CHEMICAL PRODUCTS:
ENZYMES
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A FUNCTION OF A MEMBRANE PROTEIN THAT BINDS WITH HORMONES AND NEUROTRANSMITTERS?
RECEPTORS
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT INFLUENCE THE RATE OF DIFFUSION?
AMOUNT OF ATP AVALIABLE
THIS IS THE TRANSPORT PROCESS THAT MOVES GASES THROUGH A MEMBRANE:
SIMPLE DIFFUSION
IN THIS TYPE OF TRANSPORT PROCESS A SOLUTE,LIKE GLUCOSE, BINDS TO A SPECIFIC CARRIER PROTEIN ON ONE SIDE OF THE MEMBRANE AND IS RELEASED ON THE OTHER SIDE AFTER THE CARRIER PROTEIN UNDERGOES A CHANGE IN SHAPE
FACILITATED DIFFUSION
SODIUM-POTASSIUM PUMP PASSES
NA+ OUT AND K+ IN ON A ONE FOR ONE BASIS
A NET GAIN OF WATER TENDS TO OCCUR
IN ONE ISOTONIC SOLUTION FROM ANOTHER ISOTONIC SOLUTION OF THE SAME COMPOSITION
A CELL IN GULFED IN PHAGOCYTOSIS MUST BE
TRANSPORTING BULK DISSOLVED NUTRIENTS
IN ADHERENS JUNCTIONS, CADHERINS ARE LINKED TO
ACTIN FILAMENTS IN THE CELL'S CYTOSKELETON
CELL JUNCTIONS THAT PREVENT SMALL MOLECULES FROM PASSING IN BETWEEN TWO CELLS ARE CALLED
TIGHT JUNCTIONS
THE FLUID MOSAIC MODEL
SUGGESTS THAT INTEGRAL PROTEINS MAY SPAN THE PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER