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Cell Transport and Membranes

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Review cell membrane transport: diffusion, facilitated diffusion, endocytosis, tonicity, cholesterol, vesicles, polarity and equilibrium.

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Horizontal Words

  1. Controls the fluidity of the cell membrane (11)
  2. Type of transport in which vesicles are formed (9)
  3. Round membrane bound structure (7)
  4. Another name for non polar (11)
  5. Vesicle transport of molecules into cell (11)
  6. Type of diffusion involving polar molecules (11)
  7. Type of ER studded with ribosomes (5)
  8. Vesicle transport of molecules out of cell (10)

Vertical Words

  1. Having the same concentration of solute as the cell (8)
  2. That which is being dissolved (6)
  3. Another name for hydrophilic (5)
  4. What occurs when a drop of dye is placed in water (9)
  5. An environment that has less solute than the cell (9)
  6. Both sides of the cell membrane reach this in passive transport (11)
  7. Type of protein that is like the cell's ID badge (11)
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