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Physiology
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04/07/2014

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Passive Transport Processes

 

Definition
Do not require and energy (ATP) expenditure of the cell membrane.
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Molecules spread through
Definition
membranes
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Molecules move from an area of:
Definition
an high concentration to an area of low concentration, down a concentration gradient.
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As molecules diffuse,
Definition
a state of equililbrium will occur
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Simple Diffusion
Definition
Molecules cross through the phospholipid bilayer
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Osmosis
Definition
Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane; limits diffusion of at least some of the solute particles
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Osmotic Pressure
Definition
water pressure that develops as a result of osmosis
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Potential Osmotic Pressure
Definition
The maximum pressure that could develop in a solution when it is separated from pure water by a selectively permeable membrane
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Isotonic
Definition
describes a fluid having the same potential osmotic pressure as cytosol
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Hypertonic
Definition

Higher pressure

cells placed in sloutions that are hypertonic always shrivel as water flows out of them

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Hypotonic
Definition

lower pressure

cells placed in a hypotonic slotuin may swell as water flows into them

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Facilitated Diffusion

 (mediated passive tranport)

Definition
energy required comes from the collision energy of the solute (no metabolic energy needed ATP)
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Channel Mediated Passive Transport
Definition
Channels are specific-allow only one type of solute to pass through.
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Gated Channels
Definition
may be open or closed or inactive may be triggered by any of a variety of stimuli
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Channels allow membranes to
Definition
be selectively permeable
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Aquaporins
Definition
Are water channels that permit rapid osmosis
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Carrier Mediated Passive Transport
Definition
Carriers attract and bind to the solute, change shape, and release the solute out the other side of the carrier
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Carriers are usually:
Definition
Reversible depending on the directions of the concentration gradient
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Role of passive transport processes
Definition
Move substances down their concentration gradient, thus maintaining equilibrium-and homeostatice balance
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Types of passive transport:
Definition
Simple and facilitated diffusion (channels and carriers)
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A special example of channel mediated passive tranport of water
Definition
osmosis
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Transport by pumps
Definition
Pumps are membrane transporters that move a substance against their concentration gradient-opposite of diffusion
Term
Examples of pumps
Definition
calcium pumps and sodium potassium pumps
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Transport by vesicles
Definition
Allows substances to enter or leave the interior of cell without actually moving through its plasma membrane
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Endocytosis
Definition
The plasma membrane "traps" some extracellular material and brings it into the cell in a vesicle
Term
Two basic types of endocytosis
Definition
Phagocytosis and pinocytosis
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Phagocystosis
Definition
"Condition of cell eating" large particles are engulfed by the plasma membrane and enter the cell in vesicles; the vesicles fuse with lyosomes, which digest the particles
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Pinocytosis
Definition
"Condition of cell drinking" fluid and the substances dissolved in it enter the cell
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Receptor mediated endocytosis
Definition
membrane recpetor molcules recongnize substances to be brought into the cell
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Exocytosis
Definition
Process by which large molecules, notably proteins, can leave the cell even though they are too large to move out through the plasma membrane.
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Large molecules are enclosed in membranous vesicles and then
Definition
pulled to the plasma membrane by the cytoskeleton, where the contents are released
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Exocytosis also provides a way for
Definition
new material to be added to the plasma membrane
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Role of active transport processes
Definition
requires energy by the membrane; pumps-concentrate substances on one side of membrane, as when storing an ion inside an organelle
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Vesicle mediated

 (endocytosis, exocytosis)

Definition
move large volumes of substances at once, as in secretion of hormones and neurotransmitters
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Metabolism is the set of
Definition
chemical reactions in a cell
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Catabolism
Definition
Breaks large molecules into smaller ones; usually releases energy
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Anabolism
Definition
Builds large molecules from smaller ones; usually consumes energy
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Role of enzymes
Definition
Enzymes are chemical catalysts that reduce the activation energy needed for a reaction. Enzymes regulate cell metabolism.
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Enzymes
Definition
Proteins of a complex shape. The active site is where the enzyme molecule fits the substrate molecule-the lock and key model.
Term
Enzymes usually have an -ase ending
Definition
with the first part of the word signifying the substrate or the type of reaction catalyzed
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Enzymes regulate cell functions by
Definition
regulating metabolic pathways
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Various chemical and physical agents known as allosteric effectors affect enzyme action by
Definition
changing the shape of the enzyme molecule
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Allosteric effectors include
Definition
Temp, hydrogen ion H+ concentration (pH), ionizing radiation, cofactors, end products of certain metabolic pathways
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Most enzymes catalyze a chemical reaction in
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both directions
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Enzymes are continually being destroyed and
Definition
continually being replaced
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Most enzymes are first synthesized as
Definition
inactive proenzymes
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Cellular respiration, the pathway by which glucose is broken down to yield its stored energy
Definition
is an important example of cell catabolism
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Cellular respiration has three pathways that are chemically linked
Definition
Glycolysis, citric acid cycle, electron transport system.
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Citric Acid Cycle (Krebs Cycle) Pyruvic acid (from glycolysis) is converted into
Definition
acetyl CoA and enters the citric acid cycle after losing CO2 and transferring some energy to NADH
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Citric acid cycle is a repeating cyclic sequence of reactions that occur inside the inner chamber of the mitochondrion; acetyl splits from
Definition
CoA and is broken down to yield waste CO2 and energy (in form of energized electrons) which is tranferred to ATP, NADH, and FADH2
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Electron transport system ETS
Definition
Energized electrons are carried by NADH and FADH2 from glycolysis and the citric acid cycle to electron acceptors embedded in the cristae of the mitochondrion
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ETS
Definition
As electrons are shuttled along a chain of electom accepting molecules in the cristae, their energy is used to pump accompanying protons H+ into the spaces between mitochondrial membranes
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ETS: protons flow back into the inner chamber through pump molecules in the cristae,
Definition
and their energy of movment is transferred to ATP
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Low-energy electrons coming off the ETS bind to
Definition
oxygen and rejoin their protons to form water
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