What would happen if cell membranes stopped letting materials pass in and out of the cells?

Answer 1

our cell is semipermeable...means that only selected substances can go into..or permeable..anything can go through..the cell membrane has no ability to stop what is entering our cell. a polyssacharide can never enter the cell because its too big ..and will never fit into the cell. while double sugars can enter but with very slow uptake... a monossacharide can easily pass through. its up to weather what the size of the nutrient is.. but a celll membrane cannot stop controlling what enters the cell

Answer 2

If cell membranes stopped letting materials pass in and out of cells, essential nutrients and molecules needed for cell function would not be able to enter, leading to cell dysfunction and eventual cell death. Waste products and toxins that need to leave the cell would accumulate, causing toxicity and further impairing cell function. Overall, this disruption in the movement of materials across the cell membrane would disrupt cellular processes and lead to cellular dysfunction.

Answer 3

Most likely the cell would die.

This is the mechanism that many antibiotics use, they poke holes in the bacterial cell membrane effectively making it completely permeable and the bacterium dies.

Answer 4

you could get sick and die