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PhysioEx Lab Report

Exercise 1: Cell Transport Mechanisms and Permeability
Activity 2: Simulated Facilitated Diffusion
Name: Claudia Becerra Gonzales
Date: 31 August 2023
Session ID: session-47d21a07-3a52-9cfe-ad00-18bfc4d3c1aa

Pre-lab Quiz Results

You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.

1 Molecules need a carrier protein to help them move across a membrane because

You correctly answered: they are lipid insoluble or they are too large.

2 Which of the following is true of facilitated diffusion?

You correctly answered: Movement is passive and down a concentration gradient.

3 Examples of solutes that might require facilitated diffusion include

You correctly answered: all of the above.

4 Which of the following would not affect the rate of facilitated diffusion?

You correctly answered: the amount of intracellular ATP.

Experiment Results
Predict Questions
1 Predict Question 1: What effect do you think increasing the number of protein carriers
will have on the glucose transport rate?

Your answer: The glucose transport rate will increase.

2 Predict Question 2: What effect do you think adding Na+Cl- will have on the glucose
transport rate?

Your answer: There will be no change in the glucose transport rate.

Stop & Think Questions

1 What happened to the glucose transport rate when the glucose concentration was
increased from 2 mM to 8 mM?

You correctly answered: The glucose transport rate increased.

2 Describe the conditions that resulted in the fastest rate of glucose transport.

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You correctly answered: 700 glucose carrier proteins and 8 mM glucose.

3 Why do you think equilibrium wasn't reached?

You correctly answered: The membrane proteins were saturated.

Experiment Data
Run Number Solute Start Conc. L Start Conc. R Carriers Rate
(mM) (mM) (mM/sec)
1 Na+ Cl- 0.00 0.00 500 0.0000
1 Glucose 2.00 0.00 500 0.0008
2 Na+ Cl- 0.00 0.00 500 0.0000
2 Glucose 8.00 0.00 500 0.0023
3 Na+ Cl- 0.00 0.00 700 0.0000
3 Glucose 2.00 0.00 700 0.0010
4 Na+ Cl- 0.00 0.00 700 0.0000
4 Glucose 8.00 0.00 700 0.0031
5 Na+ Cl- 0.00 0.00 100 0.0000
5 Glucose 10.00 0.00 100 0.0017
6 Na+ Cl- 0.00 2.00 700 0.0042
6 Glucose 2.00 0.00 700 0.0010

Post-lab Quiz Results

You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.

1 What variable(s) increased the rate of facilitated diffusion of glucose?

You correctly answered: increasing the concentration of glucose and increasing the
number of membrane carriers.

2 For facilitated diffusion, increasing the concentration of glucose on one side of the
membrane is the same as

You correctly answered: making the concentration gradient steeper.

3 When all of the membrane carriers are engaged, or busy, we say they are

You correctly answered: saturated.

4 Na+Cl- had no effect on glucose transport because

You correctly answered: sodium is not required for glucose transport in the simulation.

Review Sheet Results

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1 Explain one way in which facilitated diffusion is the same as simple diffusion and one way
in which it is different from simple diffusion.

Your answer:

ambas difusiones serán iguales siempre y cuando no haya ´presencia de una

concentración de glucosa, pero si si la hay las difusiones serán diferentes.

2 The larger value obtained when more glucose carriers were present corresponds to an
increase in the rate of glucose transport. Explain why the rate increased. How well did the
results compare with your prediction?

Your answer:

la tasa aumento debido a la presencia de mayor cantidad de portadores de glucosa, lo

que causo que la velocidad de transporte sea aun mayor.

3 Explain your prediction for the effect Na+Cl- might have on glucose transport. In other
words, explain why you picked the choice that you did. How well did the results compare
with your prediction?

Your answer:

El Na+Cl utiliza los canales a diferencia de la glucosa que usa los transportadores.

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