Anatomy & Physiology (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134156415
Author: Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 6MC
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The name of cellular function that is lacking in dead cells and leads to diffusion of sodium ion across the plasma membrane is:
osmosis
diffusion
active transport (solute pumping)
dialysis
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Select the best answer or answers from the choices given: A physiologist observes that the concentration of sodium inside a cell is decidedly lower than that outside the cell. Sodium diffuses easily across the plasma membrane of such cells when they are dead, but not when they are alive. What cellular function that is lacking in dead cells explains the difference? (a) osmosis, (b) diffusion, (c) active transport (solute pumping), (d) dialysis.
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Chapter 3 Solutions
Anatomy & Physiology (6th Edition)
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Ch. 3.4 - As a cell grows, its plasma membrane expands. Does...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 3CYUCh. 3.4 - Which vesicular transport process allows a cell to...Ch. 3.5 - What process establishes the resting membrane...Ch. 3.5 - Is the inside of the plasma membrane negative or...Ch. 3.6 - What term is used to indicate signaling chemicals...Ch. 3.7 - Which organelle is the major site of ATP...Ch. 3.7 - What are three organelles involved in protein...Ch. 3.7 - Compare the functions of lysosomes and...Ch. 3.7 - How are microtubules and microfilaments related...Ch. 3.7 - Prob. 21CYUCh. 3.8 - Prob. 22CYUCh. 3.9 - If a cell ejects or loses its nucleus, what is its...Ch. 3.9 - What is the role of nucleoli?Ch. 3.9 - What is the role of nucleoli?Ch. 3.10 - If one of the DNA strands being replicated reads...Ch. 3.10 - During what phase of the cell cycle is DNA...Ch. 3.10 - What are three events occurring in prophase that...Ch. 3.11 - Codons and anticodons are both three-base...Ch. 3.11 - How do the A, P, and E ribosomal sites differ...Ch. 3.11 - What is the role of DNA in transcription?Ch. 3.12 - What is the importance of ubiquitin in the life of...Ch. 3.12 - Prob. 2CYUCh. 3 - The smallest unit capable of life by itself is (a)...Ch. 3 - Prob. 2MCCh. 3 - Prob. 3MCCh. 3 - The term used to describe the type of solution in...Ch. 3 - Osmosis always involves (a) a selectively...Ch. 3 - Prob. 6MCCh. 3 - Prob. 7MCCh. 3 - The endocytotic process in which a sampling of...Ch. 3 - Prob. 9MCCh. 3 - The nuclear substance composed of histone proteins...Ch. 3 - The information sequence that determines the...Ch. 3 - Mutations may be caused by (a) X rays, (b) certain...Ch. 3 - The phase of mitosis during which centrioles each...Ch. 3 - Final preparations for cell division are made...Ch. 3 - The RNA synthesized on one of the DNA strands is...Ch. 3 - The RNA species that travels from the nucleus to...Ch. 3 - If DNA has a sequence of AAA, then a segment of...Ch. 3 - A nerve cell and a lymphocyte are presumed to...Ch. 3 - Prob. 19MCCh. 3 - Explain why mitosis can be thought of as cellular...Ch. 3 - Contrast the roles of ER-bound ribosomes with...Ch. 3 - Cells lining the trachea have whiplike motile...Ch. 3 - Name the three phases of interphase and describe...Ch. 3 - Comment on the role of the sodium-potassium pump...Ch. 3 - Differentiate between primary and secondary active...Ch. 3 - Cell division typically yields two daughter cells,...
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