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Why is the plasma membrane called a selectively permeable membrane?
Answer:
Permeable means something which allows other substances to pass through it .
Plasma membrane is called selectively permeable due to the fact that it indeed does allow substances to pass through it but not all substances .
It selectively allows certain substances such as tiny water molecules to pass through it and enter the cell but it blocks out other large molecules that are not required by the cell.
