Cell membrane
What Cell membrane means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The thin partially permeable barrier that surrounds every cell and controls which substances enter and leave.
A partially permeable barrier controlling what enters and leaves the cell.
Controls what enters and leaves the cell.
Topics that use Cell membrane
- Animal and plant cells (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Aerobic respiration
- Cell structure and function
- Cell wall
- Chloroplasts
- Cytoplasm
- Energy release
- Estimation
- eukaryotic cells
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