Cell Membrane

Cell Membrane
Plant Cell Membrane
Cell Membrane
Phospholipid Bilayer
Phospholipid Bilayer
FLUID MOSAIC MODEL
Function of the CELL MEMBRANE
Function of the CELL MEMBRANE
Function of the CELL MEMBRANE

Selective Permeability
Selective Permeability
• allow substances to pass or not
– passive transport
• does not require energy
• diffusion
– osmosis
• facilitated diffusion
– channel proteins
– active transport
• require energy
• transport proteins
• vesicular transport
– exocytosis
– endocytosis
» phagocytosis
» pinocytosis
» receptor-mediated endocytosis
Passive vs. Active Transport
Passive Transport: DIFFUSION

• movement of a substance from a

region of high concentration to a
region of low concentration
• equalizes the
concentration
of two solutions
• osmosis
DIFFUSION vs. OSMOSIS
Passive Transport: OSMOSIS
Cell Tonicity Passive Transport:
Osmosis

water flows to wherever there is more solute

Passive Transport: FACILITATED DIFFUSION

passive transport
of molecules
across the
membrane via
specific channel
proteins
 Active Transport
• the movement of molecules across a
cell membrane in the direction against
their concentration gradient
• requires the use of ATP
Active Transport: TRANSPORT
PROTEINS
Active Transport:
Sodium-Potassium Pump
Active Transport: Vesicular
Transport
Vesicular Transport

inward

outward
Vesicular Transport:
EXOCYTOSIS

neurotransmitters
Vesicular Transport:
ENDOCYTOSIS
Phagocytosis – “to devour”
(cell eating)
Phagocytosis – “to devour”
(cell eating)

Even protists,
like amoeba
perform
phagocytosis.
Pinocytosis – “to drink”
(cell drinking)
Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis

• an endocytotic
mechanism in which
specific molecules
are ingested into the
cell (ex. cholesterol)
• receptors on the
plasma membrane
of the target tissue
will specifically bind
to the molecules
located outside of
the cell
 Review!

Exocytosis and Endocytosis (phagocytosis,

pinocytosis and receptor-mediated
endocytosis)

Osmosis
That’s all!