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What is a cell membrane?

What is a cell membrane? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (cytology) The semipermeable membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell.
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Action potentials are elicited when tiny pores in the nerve cell membrane, known as sodium channels, open up in response to a stimulus.
The infection of a cell by a virus is a complicated multistage process during which the virus penetrates the host cell membrane.
Many soybean herbicides utilized for broadleaf control are cell membrane disrupters.
The cell membrane was found to be the most sensitive to the shock wave propagation among the cell components.
The peptides can be linked to a large protein or an oligonucleotide, which may then be carried through the cell membrane.
This does not happen, however, because the cell membrane itself is impermeable to ions like sodium and potassium.

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