answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

It consists of a lipid bilayer with embedded proteins. The basic function of the cell membrane is to protect the cell from its surroundings. The cell membrane controls the movement of substances in and out of cells and organelles.

User Avatar

Wiki User

6y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

AnswerBot

5mo ago

No, the cell membrane is a structure that separates the interior of a cell from its external environment. It is a vital component of a cell, but the cell membrane itself is not a cell. Cells are the basic unit of life that make up all living organisms.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

No, the membrane is a thin wall that holds the contents of cell together; much like the skin of a balloon filled with water

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Is the cell mebrane a cell?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What does a cell mebrane do in an animal cell?

basically, it holds the cell together


Which three part of cell are alive?

A: Nucleus, Cytoplasm, and Cell Mebrane.


What are the main structual components of a cell mebrane?

phospholipids and proteins


What is the function of a cell mebrane?

what the cell membrane does is give the cell it's shape and prevents thing from come in into it and out


What are the proper names of all the plant cell EVER?

nuculas cell mebrane and another long word


How does the structure of the cell membrane help the regulate water?

the cell mebrane has achannel espicially for water, in some cases according to the osmolarity around cell mebrane the water will go from high concentration to low concentration by these channels . in this way cell membrane will keep the osmotic pressure equal on both sides by movement the water


What are animalia cell walls made of?

only plant cells have cell wall, animalia only has the cell mebrane


What model do scientist use to describe a cell mebrane why does that model help represent what a cell membrane is made out of?

A model can be used for things that are too small to see clearly.


Explain why the term fluid mosaic model is used to describe the plasma membrane?

the arrangement of the molecules that make up a cell mebrane


What parts of the cell keep it intact?

i had the same question but im pretty sure its the mitochondria


What else is the eardrum called?

tympanic mebrane


Why triglycerol is not part of biological membrane?

biological membranes are composed of a phospholipid bilayer. i don't see why triglycerol would need to be a part of it. if anything a cell mebrane wouldn't work the way it should if triglycerol were a part of it.