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Cellular homeostasis involves maintaining a balance of several factors that make a cell healthy. The cell membrane is a lipid bilayer that prevents that passage of water and ions. This allows cells to maintain a higher concentration of sodium ions out the outside of the cell. read more
The cell membrane helps the organism in its fight to maintain homeostasis. The cell membrane assists in the maintenance of homeostasis by: Maintaining a fluid phospholipid structure. Phospholipids are molecules that have a head region that carries an electric charge attached to a lipid tail portion. read more
Maintaining those levels is the process of homeostasis -- a process essential for life. The plasma membrane does that by presenting a barrier to uncontrolled diffusion and actively controlling the movement of ions, nutrients and wastes and other proteins. read more