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Marina CMI [18]
3 years ago
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Why do you think the sodium potassium pump is needed in every cell in our bodies? How do you think ion concentrations outside or

inside our cells change our cell volumes? Why would cells want to control these ion concentrations? (HINT: Osmosis)
Biology
1 answer:
antiseptic1488 [7]3 years ago
6 0

Answer: 1st question- The Na-K pump is a specialised transport protein found in the cell membrane. It is responsible for movement of potassium ions into the cells while simultaneously moving the sodium ions outside the cell.

I hope this helps (:

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