Biology HL

Chapter 6: Cell Function

Explain how membranes control exchange, organelles coordinate cellular work, geometry constrains size, and cell division preserves or reshuffles genetic information.

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Fluid mosaic workbench

Alter temperature, tail unsaturation and cholesterol to inspect packing, proteins and surface carbohydrates.

Appears in: 6.1 Membrane Structure, Fluidity and Adhesion, 6.1 Organelles, Compartmentalization and Trafficking, 6.2 Diffusion, Osmosis and Active Transport, 6.2 Neuronal Membranes and Saltatory Conduction, 6.3 Water Potential and Osmotic Systems, 6.4 Cell Size, Growth and Division Signals, 6.5 The Cell Cycle, Mitosis and Cancer, 6.5 Meiosis, Variation and Non-disjunction, Chapter Synthesis: Boundaries, Scale and Continuity

Exchange · gradients · inheritance

Cell function laboratory

FLUID MOSAIC — 45 °Cintegral channelglycoproteinUnsaturated tails: 38%fluidity buffered