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Plasma membrane - "membrane bounding the surface of all living cells formed of a fluid lipid bilayer in which proteins carrying out the functions of enzymes, ion pumps, transport proteins, receptors for hormones etc. are embedded. It regulates the entry and exit of most solutes and ion, few substances being able to diffuse through unaided." (B73)
  • cell membrane
  • plasmalemma