What would happen if the plasma membrane ruptures or breaks down?
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If the plasma membrane ruptures or breaks down then following things may happen:
1) There will be no difference between the contents of the cell and its external environment.
2) Since plasma membrane is selectively permeable and allows only useful substances to enter inside the cell, when it may get ruptures then all the useful substances will also move out of the cell.
3) There will be effect on the diffusion of gases also.
4) The cell will lose its shape.
Ultimately, all the the metabolic activities of the cell will get affected and cell may die even.
answer:
yes
step by explanation :
the outer surface of the plsam membrain of the neuron is positively charged and the inner surface is negatively charged.this is due to the difference in the distribution of the certain ions... when stimulated the distribution of ions in that particular part changes an hance the