Passive Transport

This text discusses selective permeability, diffusion, facilitated transport, osmosis, tonicity, and tonicity in living systems.

Topics

  • active transport
  • amphiphilic
  • antiporter
  • aquaporin
  • carrier protein
  • caveolin
  • channel protein
  • clathrin
  • concentration gradient
  • diffusion
  • electrochemical gradient
  • electrogenic pump
  • endocytosis
  • exocytosis
  • facilitated transport
  • fluid mosaic model
  • glycolipid
  • glycoprotein
  • hydrophilic
  • hydrophobic
  • hypertonic
  • hypotonic
  • integral protein
  • isotonic
  • osmolarity
  • osmosis
  • passive transport
  • peripheral protein
  • pinocytosis
  • plasmolysis
  • potocytosis
  • primary active transport
  • pump
  • receptor-mediated endocytosis
  • secondary active transport
  • selectively permeable
  • solute
  • symporter
  • tonicity
  • transport protein
  • transporter
  • uniporter
  • solvent density
  • turgor pressure
  • contractile vacuole
  • glucose transport protein
  • membrane function
  • membrane structure
  • osmoreceptor
  • osmoregulation
  • rate of diffusion
  • selective permeability
  • plasma membrane
  • solvent
  • solubility