Multiple choice

Plasma membrane is

  1. Permeable

  2. Selectively permeable

  3. Impermeable

  4. All of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

A semi-permeable membrane, also termed a selectively permeable membrane, a partially permeable membrane or a differentially permeable membrane, is a type of biological membrane that will allow certain molecules or ions to pass through it by diffusion and occasionally specialized facilitated diffusion, along with other types of passive transport and active transport.

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