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Membrane
A membrane is a separating layer, a thin skin. Membranes can be thick, permeable, and semipermeable (selective for certain substances). Without semipermeable membranes, life in its current form would not be conceivable because every biological cell is surrounded by a membrane and must let certain substances pass through the membrane. As a living, open system, we also profit from exchange with the environment.
