Biological transport

Introduction: Biological transport

Description of Biological transport

Biological transport: movement of materials (including biochemical substances and drugs) through a biological system at the cellular level; can be across cell membranes and epithelial layers and also can occur within intracellular compartments and extracellular compartments.
Source: CRISP

Biological transport: The movement of materials (including biochemical substances and drugs) through a biological system at the cellular level. The transport can be across cell membranes and epithelial layers. It also can occur within intracellular compartments and extracellular compartments.
Source: MeSH 2007

Biological transport: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Biological transport:

• Biological
• Transport

Terms associated with Biological transport:

Terms Similar to Biological transport:

• Transport, Biological

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Cell Membrane Permeability
• Diffusion
• Maternal-Fetal Exchange
• Membrane Transport Proteins
• Mucociliary Clearance
• Proton-Motive Force

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Biological transport:

• Biological Transport, Active
• Capillary Permeability
• Cell Membrane Permeability
• Cytoplasmic Streaming
• Respiratory Transport
• Ion Transport
• Protein Transport
• RNA Transport

Source - MeSH 2007

• active transport
• aminoacid transport
• antiport
• biological fluid transport
• excretion
• hydrogen transport
• intracellular transport
• ion transport
• lipid transport
• membrane permeability
• nonelectrolyte transport
• passive transport
• protein transport
• secretion

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Biological transport

• Metabolism

Source - MeSH 2007

• bioenergetics

Source - CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Biological transport:

• transport protein

Source: CRISP

The description of Biological transport may also be used for the following terms:

• carrier mediated transport
• reuptake
• uptake

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Biological transport

The following list attempts to classify Biological transport into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Biochemical Phenomena, Metabolism, and Nutrition
  • Metabolism
    • Biological Transport

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