PRINCIPLES OF LIFE
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To define: A selectively permeable membrane.
Introduction: The simplest structural unit of all organisms is a cell. A cell is surrounded by a cell membrane that plays an essential role in retaining the internal chemicals of a cell. However, the cell membrane separates internal surroundings from the external surroundings, thereby providing cells or cell compartments the capacity to regulate their internal composition.
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Ch. 4.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 4.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 4.1 - Prob. 3LOCh. 4.1 - Prob. 4LOCh. 4.1 - Prob. 1ICh. 4.1 - Prob. 2ICh. 4.1 - Prob. 3ICh. 4.1 - Prob. 1RACh. 4.1 - Prob. 2RACh. 4.1 - Prob. 3RA
Ch. 4.1 - Prob. 4RACh. 4.2 - Prob. 1LOCh. 4.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 4.2 - Prob. 3LOCh. 4.2 - Prob. 4LOCh. 4.2 - Prob. 5LOCh. 4.2 - Prob. 1FQCh. 4.2 - Prob. 2FQCh. 4.2 - Prob. 1RACh. 4.2 - Prob. 2RACh. 4.2 - Prob. 3RACh. 4.2 - Prob. 4RACh. 4.2 - Prob. 5RACh. 4.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 4.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 4.3 - Prob. 1RACh. 4.3 - Prob. 2RACh. 4.3 - Prob. 3RACh. 4.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 4.4 - Prob. 2LOCh. 4.4 - Prob. 3LOCh. 4.4 - Prob. 4LOCh. 4.4 - Prob. 1ICh. 4.4 - Prob. 2ICh. 4.4 - Prob. 3ICh. 4.4 - Prob. 1FQCh. 4.4 - Prob. 1RACh. 4.4 - Prob. 2RACh. 4.4 - Prob. 3RACh. 4.4 - Prob. 4RACh. 4.5 - Prob. 1LOCh. 4.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 4.5 - Prob. 3LOCh. 4.5 - Prob. 1FQCh. 4.5 - Prob. 1TKCh. 4.5 - Prob. 2TKCh. 4.5 - Prob. 3TKCh. 4.5 - Prob. 1RACh. 4.5 - Prob. 2RACh. 4.5 - Prob. 3RACh. 4.5 - Prob. 4RACh. 4 - Prob. 1.1QCh. 4 - Prob. 1.2QCh. 4 - Prob. 1.3QCh. 4 - Prob. 2.1QCh. 4 - Prob. 2.2QCh. 4 - Prob. 2.3QCh. 4 - Prob. 3.1QCh. 4 - Prob. 3.2QCh. 4 - Prob. 3.3QCh. 4 - Prob. 4.1QCh. 4 - Prob. 4.2QCh. 4 - Prob. 4.3QCh. 4 - Prob. 5.1QCh. 4 - Prob. 5.2QCh. 4 - Prob. 5.3Q
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