LAB review- Week 2: Exercise 5 Flashcards
to shrink or shrivel:
crenate
water moving through selectively permeable membrane
osmosis
substance dissolved in a solution
solute
A solute is when a substance is ____ in a solution
dissolved
to burst a red blood cell
hemolysis
difference between solute concentrations across a membrane
concentration gradient
what causes a cell to take in more water
a hypotonic solution outside of the cell
when there is a lower concentration of solutes then in the cytosol of cell it is referred to as a
Hypotonic Solution
when there is a higher concentration of solutes then in the cytosol of cell, it is referred to as a
hypertonic solution
when there is a higher concentration of solutes then in the cytosol of cell, it is referred to as a
hypertonic solution
when the concentration of solutes is the same in the cytosol of cell, as it is outside the cell, it is referred to as an
isotonic solution
a fluid that contains dissolved substances
solvent
random movement of particles from their greater concentration to their lesser concentration
diffusion