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Chapter 5: Membrane - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails
      - Amphipathic nature
    - - Peripheral Proteins
        
        Attached to the membrane surface
        
        Signal transduction, structural support
      - Integral Proteins
        
        Span the lipid bilayer
        
        Transporters, receptors, enzymes
- - - - Initiate cellular responses.
      - Bind to signaling molecules (ligands).
    - - Relay of signals from receptors to cellular responses.
  - - - Gap junctions
      - Desmosomes
      - Tight junctions