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What is a plasma membrane?

What is a plasma membrane? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (cytology) The semipermeable membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell.
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Also, formation of endocytotic vesicles at the plasma membrane involves proteins that can severely bend membranes.
The catalytic domain faces the exterior of the plasma membrane and is anchored by a transmembrane-spanning domain.
These findings are supported by studies on the intracellular traffic between the Golgi apparatus and the plasma membrane.
In places the fine filaments run on top of the thicker filaments, and are thus closer to the plasma membrane.
This effect may be attributed to the decoupling of the actin cortex from the plasma membrane.
These proteins were found to be essential for vesiculation at the plasma membrane and the Golgi apparatus, respectively.

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