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build vocabulary lipid bilayer flexible double - layered sheet that makes up the cell membrane and forms a barrier between the cell and its surroundings selectively permeable property of biological membranes that allows some substances to pass across it while others cannot; also called semipermeable membrane prefixes the prefix bi - means “two.” a bicycle has two wheels, and a lipid bilayer has two layers, or sheets, of lipids. the cell membrane is a lipid bilayer, but a cell has only one cell membrane. which organelles in this lesson have a double membrane?
In cell biology, mitochondria and chloroplasts (in plant cells) are well - known organelles with double membranes. Mitochondria have an outer and an inner membrane which play important roles in cellular respiration. Chloroplasts also have an outer and inner membrane and are crucial for photosynthesis in plants.
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Mitochondria, Chloroplasts (in plant cells)