The document discusses membrane structure and function. It describes the fluid mosaic model of the plasma membrane, which depicts a bilayer of phospholipids with embedded and peripheral proteins. Membrane proteins allow the membrane to facilitate various transport mechanisms like passive diffusion, facilitated diffusion, and active transport via pumps and channels. Transport proteins move molecules across membranes through simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion using carrier proteins, osmosis, and active transport requiring ATP. Vesicles and bulk flow processes like endocytosis and exocytosis are also used to transport larger particles across the membrane.