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Movement from high to low concentration without ATP.
Movement from low to high concentration requiring ATP.
Passive movement until equilibrium is reached.
The liquid that dissolves a substance.
The material that is dissolved in a solvent.
Difference in one-way fluxes of a solute across a boundary.
How easily a molecule diffuses through a membrane.
Limits diffusion due to its hydrophobic interior.
They diffuse rapidly due to being nonpolar.
They do not easily diffuse through the lipid bilayer.
A protein that allows specific ions to cross the membrane.
Separation of electrical charge across the plasma membrane.
An ion channel regulated to control ion movement.
Binding of a chemical messenger.
Changes in membrane potential.
Movement of solutes via transporters due to size or polarity.
A protein that binds solute and changes shape to transport it.
Maximum flux has been reached across the membrane.
Transport from high to low concentration using a transporter.
Movement against a concentration gradient using energy.
Directly uses ATP as its energy source.
Uses energy from an electrochemical gradient for movement.
Solutes move in the same direction across the membrane.
Solutes move in opposite directions across the membrane.
Moves 3 Na⁺ out and 2 K⁺ into the cell using ATP.
Net diffusion of water across a membrane.
Proteins that facilitate water movement across membranes.
Ability of a solution to pull water.
Same solute concentration as normal extracellular fluid.
Lower solute concentration than normal extracellular fluid.
Higher solute concentration than normal extracellular fluid.
Movement of molecules into the cell via vesicles.
Fluid endocytosis, or 'cell drinking'.
Brings large particles into the cell, or 'cell eating'.
Requires specific receptors to bind target molecules.
Movement of molecules out of the cell via vesicles.
Surface of an epithelial cell facing a fluid-filled chamber.
Surface of an epithelial cell adjacent to blood vessels.
Movement through an epithelial cell from one membrane to another.
Diffusion between adjacent epithelial cells.
Seals between epithelial cells limiting paracellular diffusion.