Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems (MindTap Course List)

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ISBN: 9781285866932

Author: Lauralee Sherwood

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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List the means of unassisted membrane transport.

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Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems (MindTap Course List)

Ch. 3.1 - Draw how phospholipid molecules align themselves...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 2CYU Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 3CYU Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 1CYU Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 2CYU Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 3CYU Ch. 3.3 - Prob. 1CYU Ch. 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. 3CYU Ch. 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. 1CYU Ch. 3.6 - Describe the relative contributions of k+ and Na+...Ch. 3.6 - Prob. 3CYU Ch. 3 - The nonpolar tails of the phospholipid molecules...Ch. 3 - Prob. 2RE Ch. 3 - Prob. 3RE Ch. 3 - At resting membrane potential, there is a slight...Ch. 3 - Using the answer code on the right, indicate which...Ch. 3 - Prob. 6RE Ch. 3 - Prob. 7RE Ch. 3 - Prob. 1UC Ch. 3 - Prob. 2UC Ch. 3 - What two properties of a particle influence...Ch. 3 - Prob. 4UC Ch. 3 - Prob. 5UC Ch. 3 - Prob. 6UC Ch. 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. 4TAHL Ch. 3 - Prob. 5TAHL

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List the means of unassisted membrane transport.

Solution Summary: The author explains the means of unassisted membrane transport, which is mediated passively through the membrane by one or both of the two forces, that is, the movement along an electrical gradient.

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