Diabetes: Cell Membrane Transport - use this one
- Due Feb 3, 2022 by 9:30am
- Points 7
- Submitting an external tool
- Available Jan 21, 2022 at 12am - Feb 20, 2022 at 11:59pm
Every one of our cells is doing cell respiration to generate enough ATP so that they will have the energy on hand to do the work they need to do. This means that all of your cells need to absorb monomers, glucose being the most common, in order to fuel cell respiration. Those monomers came from our food, via our digestive system, absorbed into our blood stream and delivered to each cell. We covered this last week, and it is outlined in green.
Cell Membrane Structure and Function
At the cell level, the membrane is controlling the entry of glucose into the cell. In order to understand this process, we will first learn about cell membrane structure and function. We're focusing on the part outlined in red:
Please watch the following video and answer the embedded questions:
- As you watch the video, make a list for yourself of the following information: (note we will go over it in class if you have any questions)
Please watch the following video and answer the embedded questions: As you watch the video, make a list for yourself of the following information: (note we will go over it in class if you have any questions)
Type of molecule | Method of crossing the membrane | Why? |
small non-polar molecules (O2, CO2, H2O) | ||
medium sized non-polar molecules (fatty acids) | ||
medium sized polar molecules ( sugar, amino acids, ions like Calcium) | ||
very large molecules (proteins, carbohydrates) |