8. Which of the following do NOT involve the movement of chemicals from a greater concentration to a lower concentration? a) simple diffusion b) osmosis c) facilitated diffusion d) filtration

Q: Explain the term Facilitated Transport ?

A: The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of our body. It carries out many functions in…

Q: In osmosis, water moves from a ---------------- solution to a --------------------- solution

A: To find: The movement of water in osmosis

Q: What happens to cells if they are exposed to isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic solutions?

A: Transportation of various substances between the plasma membrane is a common phenomenon. The process…

Q: Will you consider osmosis as a form of diffusion?

A: Osmosis: The process of flow of water from the higher concentration region to a low concentration…

Q: What does the term intracellular fluid refer to?

A: Intracellular fluid is the cytosol found in the cell. Extracellular fluid Is present around the…

Q: What kind of molecules can use simple diffusion?

A: Simple diffusion is the process by which molecules are moved along the concentration gradient from a…

Q: Differentiate between isotonic and hypotonic solutions?

A: Any solution has 2 components – solute and solvent. Solute is substance which gets dissolved and…

Q: What is the importance of diffusion and osmosis in living organisms and the ecosystem?

A: The process in which a molecule moves from a high concentration area to a low concentration area is…

Q: Why does osmosis occur?

A: The cells are the primary unit of life. The cell membrane is an integral component of the cell. Cell…

Q: Why must competent cells be kept on ice?

A: Many bacteria species can acquire the DNA from the environment, naturally. The Ecoli, however, is…

Q: happens when a red blood cell is placed in a hypertonic solution and then placed into distilled…

A: Osmosis is the movement of solvent molecules from the region of high solvent concentration to the…

Q: What is the purpose of osmosis lab?

A: Osmosis is defined as..

Q: Discuss the changes in cell volume produced by hypertonic, isotonic, and hypotonic solutions?

A: A solution will be hypertonic to a cell if its solute concentration is higher than that inside the…

Q: 5, Regarding chemical mediators

A: Inflammation: It is a non specific defense  reaction to the cell injury. It causes pain, redness,…

Q: How do isotonic, hypertonic, and hypotonic solutions differ?

A: The tonicity of a solution is its ability to cause the movement of water molecules into the cell by…

Q: Discuss the need for an IV placed in the arm in the hospital. What solution was run into the veins.…

A: IV or Intravenous Line, a flexible, soft tube that is used to provide medicine to a person by…

Q: What happens to cells in isotonic solutions?

A: Tonicity is a term used to compare two types of solutions. The solution with higher solute and low…

Q: In which kind of cellular structure would aquaporins be delivered to their destination in the cell…

A: Aquaporins(water channels) are part of a family of intrinsic channel proteins that form pores in…

Q: Is the fluid inside a bacterial cell considered a solution, acolloid, or both? Explain.

A: Suspensions and colloids are mixtures whose properties are in many ways intermediate   A suspension…

Q: 1. Define osmosis, simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion.

A: As there are multiple questions, we will solve the first one for you. If you need the answers to a…

Q: Tight junctions prevent the diffusion of fluids and solutes between______________

A: Tight junctions are also known as zona occludens or occluding junctions. These are junctions made of…

Q: In the diagram below, which situation is when the red blood cell is exposed to hypertonic solution?…

A: RBC(RED BLOOD CELLS) These are the oxygen carriers of the body present in the bloodstream.  The…

Q: Define the following terms: a. chloride shift b. lipid raft c. caveolae d. simple diffusion e.…

A: “Since you have posted a question with multiple sub-parts, we will solve first three subparts for…

Q: What will happen to a red blood cell in an isotonic, hypotonic and hypertonic solution? explain…

A: Tonicity is the tension developed in a system due to the presence of osmotically active substance in…

Q: What is the purpose of osmosis and diffusion lab ?

A: Osmosis and diffusion both are very important for living organisms. The transportation of different…

Q: Which of the following about osmosis is true?

A: Osmosis is one of the methods of the transport of solvent between two cells through a semi-permeable…

Q: "drives" the diffusion of water across a cell membrane?

A: The cell membrane is a structure which protects the cell and acts as a barrier and transports the…

Q: What is the difference between a hyperosmotic solution and a hypertonic solution?

A: Introduction : Osmosis refers to the process by which solvent molecules or water diffuse from higher…

Q: Why do most molecules require the assistance of proteins to cross the cellular membrane? What…

A: The cellular membrane is a semi-permeable lipid bilayer. The lipids found in the membrane are…

Q: You have two types of cells (animal cells and plant cells) that you will place in a variety of…

A: The tonicity of the solution present outside a cell (plant or animal) produces similar effects on…

Q: How would you describe the movement of Na+ and HCO3- ? (Click all that apply) - Filtration -…

A: Filtration, selective reabsorption and secretion are the three important process that occurs in the…

Q: If you eat salty foods, your ECF becomes concentrated and hypertonic which, technically, could lead…

A: Homeostasis of water and electrolytes are well regulated in our body for normal and healthy…

Q: Justify the parenteral use of hypotonic and hypertonic solutions? explain at your own words

A: In the human body, 60% of the weight is contributed by water, with 40% intracellular and 20%…

Q: What is osmosis?

A: When the movement of molecules, ions, etc is along the concentration gradient and there is no energy…

Q: A potato slice has been placed in a hypertonic solution? Explain how you know

A: Osmosis can be seen very effectively when potato slices are added to a high concentration of salt…

Q: How are osmosis and dialysis similar? How do they differ?

A: Transport refers to the act or the means by which a molecule or ion is moved across the cell…

Q: A red blood cell that displays a biconcave disc shape must be in which of the following solutions?…

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Q: 14. (a) Define osmosis and diffusion.

A: Cell membrane are important part of cell structure and they help regulate materials going in and out…

Q: define : a. isotonic slution b. hypertonic solution c. hypotonic solution

A: A solution is said to be a homogeneous mixture of two or more components in any one phase(solid,…

Q: How do we use the principle of osmosis in cooking?  As when we salt vegetables before cooking them…

A: Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a semi-permeable membrane from an area of high…

Q: What do osmosis, diffusion, filtration, and the movement of ions away from like charge all have in…

A: A particle is a charged iota or atom. It is charged on the grounds that the quantity of electrons…

Q: What are hypertonic solutions?

A: The behavior of cells in regards to water movement depends on the type of solutions in which they…

Q: What happens to a red blood cell in a hypertonic, isotinic and hypotonic solution? How is the…

A: Red blood cells (RBCs), also known as red cells, red blood corpuscles, hematids, erythroid cells, or…

Q: If a doctor injected a patient with what was labeled as an isotonic saline solution, but then the…

A: The osmosis is the process by which water movement occurs in and out of the cells. During osmosis a…

Q: What types of acid include in the gram-positive cell wall?

A: Gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that provide a positive result in the Gram stain test, which has…