How do neutral solutes move across the plasma membrane? Can the polar molecules also move across it in the same way? If not, then how are these transported across the membrane?

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How do neutral solutes move across the plasma membrane? Can the polar molecules also move across it
in the same way? If not, then how are these transported across the membrane?
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