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A vesicle of surface area 0.5 square micrometres fuses with the plasma membrane. If 40 such vesicles fuse, how much membrane area is added?

  • A.0.5 square micrometres
  • B.20 square micrometres
  • C.2 square micrometres
  • D.200 square micrometres

Answer: B

Forty vesicles at half a square micrometre each contribute twenty square micrometres. A secretory cell must retrieve membrane by endocytosis at a matching rate, or its surface would grow steadily larger while its volume stayed the same.

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