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22 September, 01:32

What happens when the concentration of water inside a cell is lower than the concentration of water outside the cell?

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  1. 22 September, 04:47
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    Water outside the cell will flow inwards by osmosis to attain equilibrium

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    In the hypotonic environment, the concentration of water is greater outside the cell and the concentration of solute is higher inside. A solution outside of a cell has a lower concentration of solutes relative to the cytosol.

    If concentrations of dissolved solutes are greater inside the cell, the concentration of water inside the cell is correspondingly lower. As a result, water outside the cell will flow inwards by osmosis to attain equilibrium.

    Osmosis is a process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one through a semipermeable membrane.
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