Cell Fundamentals & Membranes
A 22-module path through cell fundamentals & membranes, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- The Cell Theory
- Light Microscopy and the Discovery of Cells
- Electron Microscopy
- Prokaryotic vs Eukaryotic Cells
- Cell Size and the Surface-Area-to-Volume Constraint
- Cell Fractionation
- Membrane Lipids and Amphipathic Structure
- The Phospholipid Bilayer
- The Fluid-Mosaic Model of Membranes
- Membrane Proteins
- Membrane Fluidity and Its Regulation
- Simple Diffusion Across Membranes
- Osmosis and Water Movement
- Tonicity and Cell Volume
- Facilitated Diffusion
- Ion Channels and Carrier Proteins
- Active Transport
- The Sodium-Potassium Pump
- The Membrane Potential
- Electrochemical Gradients
- Secondary Active Transport
- Cotransport Examples: Symport and Antiport