Cell Membrane & Homeostasis

Buffers

A substance that helps maintain a stable pH

Fluid Mosaic Model

Describes a cell membrane which creates a pattern because of the proteins and lipids that make it up and has the consistency of vegetable oil so substances can move across it

Homeostasis

Keeping internal conditions the same

pH

How acidic or basic something is

Phospholipid Bilayer

double-layered sheet that makes up nearly all cell membranes

Selectively permeable

Allows some materials to pass through while keeping others out