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Vikki Tam

5/7/2023

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Active and Passive Cell Transport: Easy Examples and Notes

The sodium-potassium pump is a crucial mechanism for active transport in biology cells. This pump maintains nerve cell voltage by moving ions against their concentration gradients, exemplifying the difference between active and passive transport. While passive transport occurs spontaneously along concentration gradients, active transport requires energy to move substances against these gradients. The sodium-potassium pump's function in cell transport is vital for cellular homeostasis and neural signaling.

Types of passive transport include simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion, and osmosis. These processes allow molecules to move from areas of high concentration to low concentration without energy input. In contrast, active transport examples like the sodium-potassium pump use energy to move substances against their concentration gradients, highlighting the fundamental difference between passive and active transport in biology cells.

Understanding these transport mechanisms is essential for comprehending cellular functions and maintaining osmotic balance. The interplay between passive and active transport in biology cells ensures that cells can regulate their internal environment and respond to external changes effectively.

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-Cell and Transport Study Guide Part II
1. Passive Transport
a. Simple Diffusion
movement of molecules from high to low, down concentration

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Types of Active Transport

This page delves into specific types of active transport, focusing on the sodium-potassium pump and vesicular transport mechanisms.

Sodium-Potassium Pump

The sodium-potassium pump is a crucial example of active transport in cells.

Highlight: The primary purpose of the sodium-potassium pump is to maintain nerve cell voltage.

The pump operates through a carrier protein that moves three sodium ions out of the cell and two potassium ions into the cell in a six-step process.

Vocabulary: The sodium-potassium pump is an example of active transport that moves ions against their concentration gradients.

There are two main ways the pump can stop working:

  1. Anoxic Environment: Lack of oxygen leads to no respiration and no ATP production.
  2. Phosphate from ATP doesn't detach from the pump.

Example: If the sodium-potassium pump stops working, water enters the cell, causing it to swell and potentially burst.

Vesicular Transport

Vesicular transport is used when molecules are too large to be transported by other means.

  1. Endocytosis IntothecellInto the cell: Phagocytosis: Engulfment of solid particles into vesicles. Pinocytosis: Engulfment of fluids into vesicles. Receptor-mediated: Interaction with specific proteins initiates vesicle formation.
  2. Exocytosis OutofthecellOut of the cell: This process involves the transport of materials out of the cell via vesicles.

Definition: Vesicular transport is a form of active transport used for moving large molecules or particles across the cell membrane.

Understanding these active transport examples is crucial for comprehending how cells maintain their internal environment and communicate with their surroundings. The sodium-potassium pump function in cell transport is particularly important for neural signaling and cellular homeostasis.

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Active and Passive Cell Transport: Easy Examples and Notes

The sodium-potassium pump is a crucial mechanism for active transport in biology cells. This pump maintains nerve cell voltage by moving ions against their concentration gradients, exemplifying the difference between active and passive transport. While passive transportoccurs... Show more

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Types of Active Transport

This page delves into specific types of active transport, focusing on the sodium-potassium pump and vesicular transport mechanisms.

Sodium-Potassium Pump

The sodium-potassium pump is a crucial example of active transport in cells.

Highlight: The primary purpose of the sodium-potassium pump is to maintain nerve cell voltage.

The pump operates through a carrier protein that moves three sodium ions out of the cell and two potassium ions into the cell in a six-step process.

Vocabulary: The sodium-potassium pump is an example of active transport that moves ions against their concentration gradients.

There are two main ways the pump can stop working:

  1. Anoxic Environment: Lack of oxygen leads to no respiration and no ATP production.
  2. Phosphate from ATP doesn't detach from the pump.

Example: If the sodium-potassium pump stops working, water enters the cell, causing it to swell and potentially burst.

Vesicular Transport

Vesicular transport is used when molecules are too large to be transported by other means.

  1. Endocytosis IntothecellInto the cell: Phagocytosis: Engulfment of solid particles into vesicles. Pinocytosis: Engulfment of fluids into vesicles. Receptor-mediated: Interaction with specific proteins initiates vesicle formation.
  2. Exocytosis OutofthecellOut of the cell: This process involves the transport of materials out of the cell via vesicles.

Definition: Vesicular transport is a form of active transport used for moving large molecules or particles across the cell membrane.

Understanding these active transport examples is crucial for comprehending how cells maintain their internal environment and communicate with their surroundings. The sodium-potassium pump function in cell transport is particularly important for neural signaling and cellular homeostasis.

-Cell and Transport Study Guide Part II
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movement of molecules from high to low, down concentration

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Cell and Transport Study Guide Part II

This page provides an in-depth overview of passive transport mechanisms in biological cells, including simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion, and osmosis. It also introduces the concept of osmoregulation and explains the importance of tonicity in cellular processes.

Passive Transport

Passive transport encompasses three main mechanisms:

  1. Simple Diffusion: This process involves the movement of molecules from areas of high concentration to low concentration, following the concentration gradient.
  2. Facilitated Diffusion: Similar to simple diffusion, but molecules move with the assistance of proteins, still following the concentration gradient.
  3. Osmosis: The movement of water molecules from areas of high concentration to low concentration. While water can move through the phospholipid bilayer, it is a very slow process.

Vocabulary: Osmoregulation is the ability of cells to maintain water balance, preventing excessive uptake or loss of water.

Tonicity

Tonicity refers to the effectiveness of a solution in causing a cell to gain or lose water. There are three types of tonicity:

  1. Hypertonic: A solution with a higher solute concentration and lower solvent concentration compared to another solution. This causes water to diffuse out of the cell. Example: In a hypertonic environment, plant cells become plasmolyzed, while animal cells crenate.
  2. Hypotonic: A solution with a higher solvent concentration and lower solute concentration compared to another solution. This causes water to diffuse into the cell, potentially leading to swelling or bursting. Example: In a hypotonic environment, plant cells become turgid, while animal cells may lyse.
  3. Isotonic: A solution where water and dissolved solutes diffuse into and out of the cell at the same rate. Example: In an isotonic environment, plant cells become flaccid, while animal cells remain normal.

Highlight: Turgor pressure is experienced by plant cells in hypotonic environments, preventing them from bursting due to their cell walls.

Factors Affecting Passive Transport

The rate of passive transport is influenced by:

  • Concentration gradient
  • Size of molecules
  • Temperature

Definition: Dynamic equilibrium is reached when the rate of molecules moving into and out of the cell are equal.

Active Transport

Active transport is introduced as the movement of molecules against the concentration gradient, requiring energy input.

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