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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the job of the cell membrane?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Same as that of cell wall in plant cell.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Really? i thought it was needed to live.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it protects the inner part of a cell, allows the passage of ions, substances etc. by diffusion or transport proteins in or out of cell. The plasma membrane also serves as the attachment point for the intracellular cytoskeleton and, if present, the extracellular cell wall.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The Cell Membrane is a complex structure which contains the cytoplasm and controls movement of substances into and out of the cell

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