My husband and I *love* to walk ...for hours and hours, and if we decide to go ahead with this potential trip - I'm going to need good shoes. These days, I have some reasonably good shoes for the most part - but they are 2-3 hour walking shoes, not necessarily good for 6+ hours of tromping around.
In cell biology, selective permeability is the property of a living cell membrane that allows the cell to control which molecules can pass through the membrane, moving into or out of the cell.
The membrane is selectively permeable because substances do not cross it indiscriminately. Some molecules, such as hydrocarbons and oxygen can cross the membrane. Many large molecules (such as glucose and other sugars) cannot. Water can pass through between the lipids. Ions such as H+ or Na+ cannot.