Table of Contents
- 1 What can travel in the cytoplasm?
- 2 Which of the following junctions allows for cytoplasm to cytoplasm communication between cells?
- 3 Can water pass through plasmodesmata?
- 4 What are the 3 cell junctions?
- 5 How are ions transported from one animal cell to another?
- 6 Why does the cell membrane break along the middle?
What can travel in the cytoplasm?
Small molecules can move from the cytoplasm of one plant cell to a neighboring cell without crossing a membrane through plasmodesmata. The cell walls of bacteria, fungi and plant cells and the extracellular matrix of animal cells are all external to the cell membrane.
What can pass through plasmodesmata?
Smaller molecules (e.g. sugars and amino acids) and ions can easily pass through plasmodesmata by diffusion without the need for additional chemical energy. Larger molecules, including proteins (for example green fluorescent protein) and RNA, can also pass through the cytoplasmic sleeve diffusively.
Which of the following allows the cytoplasm of one cell to be transferred to another cell?
Plasmodesmata allow materials to pass from the cytoplasm of one plant cell to the cytoplasm of an adjacent cell.
Which of the following junctions allows for cytoplasm to cytoplasm communication between cells?
Gap junctions
Gap junctions. These junctions allow communication between adjacent cells via the passage of small molecules directly from the cytoplasm of one cell to that of another.
Do all cells have cytoplasm?
All cells have a plasma membrane, ribosomes, cytoplasm, and DNA. Ribosomes are the non-membrane bound organelles where proteins are made, a process called protein synthesis. The cytoplasm is all the contents of the cell inside the cell membrane, not including the nucleus.
How do ions travel from one cytoplasm to another?
Answer: Ions directly travel from one cell to another using A) gap junctions.
Can water pass through plasmodesmata?
Water can move between cells and through the cell walls and intercellular spaces in the apoplast pathway (apoplastic route) or between adjacent cytoplasms through plasmodesmata in the symplast pathway (symplastic route). They diffuse along the permeable cell walls into the root cortex.
Why do plant cells have plasmodesmata?
Plasmodesmata (PD) are intercellular channels that span the plant cell wall and serve as cytoplasmic bridges to facilitate efficient exchange of signaling molecules between neighboring cells.
What are the 4 types of cell junctions?
There are four main types of cell-cell junctions:
- occluding junctions (zonula occludens or tight junctions)
- adhering junctions (zonula adherens).
- desmosomes (macula adherens). There are also ‘hemidesmosomes’ that lie on the basal membrane, to help stick the cells to the underlying basal lamina.
- Gap junctions.
What are the 3 cell junctions?
Cell junctions fall into three functional classes: occluding junctions, anchoring junctions, and communicating junctions. Tight junctions are occluding junctions that are crucial in maintaining the concentration differences of small hydrophilic molecules across epithelial cell sheets.
What holds cells together in tissues?
The extracellular matrix of both plants and animals consists of tough fibers embedded in a jelly-like matrix. It helps hold cells and tissues together, and, in animals, it provides an organized environment within which migratory cells can move and interact with one another in orderly ways.
Where is cytoplasm found?
Cytoplasm is the gelatinous liquid that fills the inside of a cell. It is composed of water, salts, and various organic molecules. Some intracellular organelles, such the nucleus and mitochondria, are enclosed by membranes that separate them from the cytoplasm.
How are ions transported from one animal cell to another?
Ions can travel directly from the cytoplasm of one animal cell to the cytoplasm of an adjacent cell through. Ions can travel directly from the cytoplasm of one animal cell to the cytoplasm of an adjacent cell through A) plasmodesmata.
Where do naimquiz ions travel in an animal cell?
NAIMQUIZ Biology Ions can travel directly from the cytoplasm of one animal cell to the cytoplasm of an adjacent cell through.
Where does cyanide bind to in a cell?
Cyanide binds with at least one molecule involved in producing ATP. If a cell is exposed to cyanide, most of the cyanide will be found within the Which structure-function pair is mismatched?
Why does the cell membrane break along the middle?
D) desmosomes. E) gap junctions. When biological membranes are frozen and then fractured, they tend to break along the middle of the bilayer. The best explanation for this is that Which of the following types of molecules are the major structural components of the cell membrane?