Human Biology - Osmosis

Hypertomic Solution: Solute (sugar/salt) is lower inside the cell. Solvent is lower outside the cell.

Define Hypertomic Solution:

Hypotomic Solution: Solute (sugar/salt) is higher inside the cell. Solvent (water) is higher outside the cell.

Define Hypotomic Solution:

Isotonic: Solute and solvent are equal on both sides

Define Isotonic solution:

Osmotic Pressure: Pressure due to the differences in concentration on either sides of a differentially permeable membrane.

Define OSMOTIC PRESSURE

Water diffuses from the more watery side to the less watery side of a differentially permeable membrane.

From which side does the water diffuse of a differentially permeable membrane?

Osmosis can be considered to be the diffusion of water across a differentially permeable membrane from a region of higher water concentration to a region of lower water concentration.

Osmosis can be considered to be the diffusion of water across a differentially permeable membrane from a region of...

Osmosis is the diffusion of a solvent (water) through a differentially permeable membrane.

Osmosis is the diffusion of what?

The higher the concentration of the solute (sugar) the higher the osmotic pressure.

The higher the concentration of the solute (sugar) the higher the ......

Osmosis is a special type of diffusion

What is Osmosis?

The concentration of water depends on how much solute is dissolved in the water.

what does the concentration of water depend on?