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Lab 3 Diffusion and Osmosis
Lab 3 Diffusion and Osmosis
Diffusion and
Osmosis
Function of Membranes
1. Protect cell
2. Control incoming and outgoing
substances
3. Maintain ion concentrations of
various substances
4. Selectively permeable - allows
some molecules in, others are
kept out
HYDROPHILIC
heads
-Attracted to the
water
POLAR
HYDROPHOBIC
tails
A Phospholipid Bilayer
BILAYERS
2 layers of
phospholipids
Hydrophobic
tails protected
inside by the
hydrophilic
heads.
Fluid Mosaic
Cell membranes contain proteins within
the phospholipid bilayer.
FLUID- because individual phospholipids
and proteins can move around freely
within the layer, like its a liquid.
MOSAIC- because of the pattern produced
by the scattered protein molecules when
the membrane is viewed from above.
Diffusion
Movement of molecules from an area
of high concentration to an area of
low concentration.
Movement from one side of a
membrane to another, un-facilitated
Diffusion
Osmosis
Types of Transport
Tonicity
Hypertonic solution has a higher
concentration on the outside of cells than
the inside of it.
Hypotonic solution when the solution
on the outside of the cell has a lower
solvent concentration than the inside of
the cell
Isotonic solution- the solution on the
outside has the same amount of solvent on
the inside of the cell