Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems (MindTap Course List)
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Chapter 3, Problem 5TAHL
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How maternal antibodies are transported across the cells lining a newborn's digestive tract into the bloodstream.
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The plasma membrane allows the entry of nutrient molecules and the exit of secretory and waste products. The plasma membrane primarily consists of proteins and lipids, and some amounts of carbohydrate. Plasma membrane transporting proteins or carrier proteins across the membrane transfers specific substances that cannot cross the membrane on their own. Each carrier can only transport a specific molecule or group of molecules closely related to it. There are different types of carriers for cells. As a result, the substances they transport can vary selectively across their membranes.
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Ch. 3.1 - Draw how phospholipid molecules align themselves...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 2CYUCh. 3.1 - Prob. 3CYUCh. 3.2 - Prob. 1CYUCh. 3.2 - Prob. 2CYUCh. 3.2 - Prob. 3CYUCh. 3.3 - Prob. 1CYUCh. 3.3 - Distinguish between passive and active forces that...Ch. 3.4 - List the means of unassisted membrane transport.Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 2CYU
Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 3CYUCh. 3.5 - Draw a graph comparing simple diffusion down a...Ch. 3.5 - Describe what causes the carrier to change shape...Ch. 3.5 - Distinguish between symport and antiport.Ch. 3.6 - Prob. 1CYUCh. 3.6 - Describe the relative contributions of k+ and Na+...Ch. 3.6 - Prob. 3CYUCh. 3 - The nonpolar tails of the phospholipid molecules...Ch. 3 - Prob. 2RECh. 3 - Prob. 3RECh. 3 - At resting membrane potential, there is a slight...Ch. 3 - Using the answer code on the right, indicate which...Ch. 3 - Prob. 6RECh. 3 - Prob. 7RECh. 3 - Prob. 1UCCh. 3 - Prob. 2UCCh. 3 - What two properties of a particle influence...Ch. 3 - Prob. 4UCCh. 3 - Prob. 5UCCh. 3 - Prob. 6UCCh. 3 - Describe the contribution of each of the following...Ch. 3 - Using the Nernst equation, calculate the...Ch. 3 - One of the important uses of the Nernst equation...Ch. 3 - Using the Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz equation, determine...Ch. 3 - When William H. was helping victims after a...Ch. 3 - Which of the following methods of transport is...Ch. 3 - Assume that a membrane permeable to Na+ but not to...Ch. 3 - A solution may have the same osmolarity as normal...Ch. 3 - Prob. 4TAHLCh. 3 - Prob. 5TAHL
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