Swelling of the cell, caused by the inward movement of water, may also enhance the uptake of detergents into the cellular membrane. The opposite effect occurs in a hypertonic solution where water moves outward from the cell causing cellular dehydration and shrinkage, which aids in cellular death ...
Movement of water molecules across the cell membrane from hypertonic to hypotonic solution. View Solution What are isotonic solutions? View Solution Select the correct answer out of the four available choices given under question : The space between the cell wall and plasma membrane in plasmolysed ...
Isotonic solution is the solution that has the same water concentration as inside the cell, so there will be no osmotic pressure. Effect of tonicity of solutions on the living cell: Condition 1: If a cell is placed in a hypotonic solution There will be inward movement of water molecules acr...
Most of your body is made up of water, with up to 75% of your body's weight due to H2O. Most of the water is found within the cells of your body (intracellular space). The rest is found in the extracellular space, which consists of the blood vessels (intravascular space) and the ...
Which type of solution (hypotonic or hypertonic) is formed in the soil environment around root cells when a lawn is over fertilized? Would the root cells lose or gain water? An animal cell in a ___ solution may lyse or burst open. a. hyp...
The solution with higher concentration of water as compared to the cell is termed as hypotonic solution. When the cells are kept in a hypotonic solution endosmosis occurs i.e., the inward movement of water takes place. This results in the swelling up of
but tonicity and the movement of water is very important for cells. Instead of two regions divided by a membrane, you can imagine a cell that is placed in a fluid. There are two regions: one inside the cell and one outside of the cell. The fluid outside of the cell is called the ...
Alteration of volume-regulated chloride movement in rat cerebrovascular smooth muscle cells during hypertension. Hypertension 2007; 49: 1371–7. 7 Liu YJ, Wang XG, Tang YB, Chen JH, Lv XF, Zhou JG, et al. Simvastatin ameliorates rat cerebrovascular remodeling during hypertension via inhibition of...
A hypertonic solution has a high concentration of solutes than that of the inside of the cell. When a cell is immersed in a hypertonic solution, the water molecules come out from the cell to the solution. Due to the water movement from the cell to the outside, the cell becomes distorted...
water (USP) is a common vehicle used in the preparation of aqueous dosage forms. Solution formulations require solubilizing excipients when the active ingredient dose is large relative to its aqueous solubility. For water-insoluble drugs, solubilizing vehicles include water-miscible cosolvents, such as...