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Virna - PhysioEx Exercise 1 Activity 5
Virna - PhysioEx Exercise 1 Activity 5
3 The sodium-potassium pump moves _____ sodium ions and _____ potassium ions
simultaneously.
4 Solutes that require active transport for movement might be too large to pass or might
be
Experiment Results
Predict Questions
1 Predict Question 1: What do you think will result from these experimental conditions?
2 Predict Question 2: Do you think the addition of glucose carriers will affect the transport
of sodium or potassium?
Your answer: No, it will not affect the transport of either ion.
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Experiment Data
1 What happened when you increased the amount of ATP dispensed with the same
concentration of sodium and potassium on either side of the membrane?
2 At what concentration of ATP were the sodium and potassium maximally transported?
3 What was the effect of adding more Na+-K+ pumps to the simulated cell?
4 Describe the effect of adding glucose carriers to the sodium and potassium transport.
You correctly answered: There was no change in the transport rate because glucose is
transported independently.
1 Describe the significance of using 9 mM sodium chloride inside the cell and 6 mM
potassium chloride outside the cell, instead of other concentration ratios.
Your answer:
the significance of using 9 mM chloride inside the cell and 6 mM potassium chloride
outside the cell is that the Na/K pump allows for 3:2 ratio. For every three sodium ions
that go out of the cell, two potassium ions come into the cell.
2 Explain why there was no sodium transport even though ATP was present. How well did
the results compare with your prediction?
Your answer:
Both sodium and potassium are required to move the ions using the pump. if one of the
two are absent then no movement will occur. Potassium needs to be present in order for
sodium to be transport.
3 Explain why the addition of glucose carriers had no effect on sodium or potassium
transport. How well did the results compare with your prediction?
Your answer:
This is because the glucose carries behave independently from the sodium and
potassium pumps. The results compared well with the prediction because the rates of
the sodium and potassium pumps were the same before and after the addition of the
glucose carries.
Your answer:
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