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Selective Permeability
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A plasma membrane is selectively permeable, letting some substances cross freely while blocking others based largely on size and polarity.
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Small, nonpolar molecules like oxygen and fat-soluble vitamins slip through the membrane's hydrophobic core easily; charged ions cannot.
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Selective permeability is not an all-or-nothing gate — the same membrane can pass one substance freely while blocking another almost entirely.