Topic 1.

4 Membrane Transport
Instructions:
Read Pages 33 to 44 in your textbook.
Understandings:
Particles move across membranes by simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion, osmosis and active
transport.
The fluidity of membranes allows materials to be taken into cells by endocytosis or released by
exocytosis.
Vesicles move materials within cells.
Applications and skills:
Application: Structure and function of sodiumpotassium pumps for active transport and
potassium channels for facilitated diffusion in axons.
Application: Tissues or organs to be used in medical procedures must be bathed in a solution
with the same osmolarity as the cytoplasm to prevent osmosis.
Skill: Estimation of osmolarity in tissues by bathing samples in hypotonic and hypertonic
solutions.
Define the vocabulary words below:
Passive transport
Isotonic
Active transport
Hypertonic
Carrier protein
Osmosis
Protein Pumps
Semi-permeable
Facilitated diffusion
ATP
Simple Diffusion
Golgi apparatus
Hypotonic
vesicle

Endoplasmic Reticulum
Endocytosis
Exocytosis
Equilibrium
Sodium-potassium pump
Osmolarity
cytoplasm