| active transport | electrochemical gradient | ion | receptor mediated endocytosis |
| alpha helix | electrogenic pump | ion channel | saturated acid |
| amphipathic | electrostatic attraction | isotonicity | saturation |
| anion | endocytosis | lipid | secondary active transport |
| aquaporin | enzymatic activity | lipophilic | selective permeability |
| asymmetry | exocytosis | lipophobic | signal transduction |
| ATP | extracellular matrix | lysis | sodium ion |
| attachment | facilitated diffusion | nonpolar | sodium-potassium exchange pump |
| carrier protein | flaccidity | osmoregulation | solid |
| cation | fluid | osmosis | solute |
| cell wall | fluid mosaic model | passive transport | solution |
| cell-cell recognition | fluidity | peripheral protein | solvent |
| channel protein | freeze-fracture | permeability | specificity |
| cholesterol | glycolipid | phagocytosis | steroid |
| competition | glycoprotein | phospholipid | tonicity |
| concentration | gradient | phospholipid bilayer | transmembrane potential |
| concentration gradient | hemolysis | pinocytosis | transmembrane protein |
| cotransport | hydrophilic | plasma membrane | transport |
| countertransport | hydrophobic | plasmolysis | turgidity |
| crenation | hypertonicity | polar | unsaturated fatty acid |
| cytoskeleton | hypotonicity | potassium ion | vesicular transport |
| diffusion | integral protein | pump | viscosity |
| dynamic equilibrium | intercellular junction |