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How Different Substances Are Transported Across A Plasma Membrane

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Explain how different substances are transported across a plasma membrane. You must include simply and facilitated diffusion, osmosis, active transport and bulk transport (endocytosis and exocytosis). Plasma membrane plays a vital role in every the cell by protecting the cell and all cell organelles from its surroundings. Plasma membrane is mainly composed of phospholipids and proteins and it is selectively permeable. Also plasma membrane controls what substances can enter and exit the cytoplasm. Small molecules passes easily through plasma membrane, however bigger molecules such as glucose require specific transport. In this essay I will discuss different types of plasma membrane transport. Transport can be passive or active depending on

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