T/F Most gases and small ions are highly soluble in lipids and can, therefore, pass easily between phospholipid molecules in the plasma membrane. T/F Carbon dioxide exits cells by simple diffusion between phospholipid molecules in the plasma membrane.
The rate of facilitated diffusion is directly dependent on the number of carrier proteins for a solute and the rate of facilitated diffusion is directly dependent on the concentration gradient of the solute across the membrane.
d. Its phospholipids are held to one another by CAMs. e. All except its phospholipids are held to one another by CAMs. Identify the true statement (s) about the plasma membrane.
T/F At resting membrane potential, passive and active forces exactly balance each other so there is no net movement of ions across the membrane. T/F Net sodium movement into the cell occurs passively, whereas net sodium movement out of the cell occurs actively.
Large polar or ionic molecules, which are hydrophilic, cannot easily cross the phospholipid bilayer. Charged atoms or molecules of any size cannot cross the cell membrane via simple diffusion as the charges are repelled by the hydrophobic tails in the interior of the phospholipid bilayer.
Charged molecules, such as ions, are unable to diffuse through a phospholipid bilayer regardless of size; even H+ ions cannot cross a lipid bilayer by free diffusion.
Which of the following can not pass through the phospholipid bilayer of a cell by simple diffusion? Explanation: Glucose need a channel protein to pass through the membrane because it is too large. Substances that pass through the membrane via simple diffusion need to be relatively small and not charged.
Oxygen and carbon dioxide and most lipids enter and leave cells by simple diffusion.
They are semi-permeable, which means that some molecules can diffuse across the lipid bilayer but others cannot. Small hydrophobic molecules and gases like oxygen and carbon dioxide cross membranes rapidly. Small polar molecules, such as water and ethanol, can also pass through membranes, but they do so more slowly.
So, the correct option is 'H+'.
Water can move along its concentration gradient through a cell membrane in this manner, a form of simple diffusion known as osmosis.
Ions, such as hydrogen ions, and hydrophilic molecules, such as water and glucose, cannot rapidly pass directly through the phospholipids of a plasma membrane.