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| the boundary between the cell and its environment |
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| the process of maintaining balance in the cell's environment |
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| a process in which the plasma membrane of a cell allows some molecules into the cell while keeping others out |
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| a phosphate group with two lipid tails attached to it |
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| the model of the plasma membrane; it is fluid b/c the plasma membrane is flexible and mosaic b/c of the proteins embedded in it |
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| this protein allows needed substances or waste materials to move through the plasma membrane |
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