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Isotonic Same, concentration of solute is equal to that inside of the cell, cell doesn't lose or gain water.
Hypertonic Above, higher concentration of solute outside cell causing movement out of the cell causing the cell to shrivel.
Hypotonic Below, lower concentration of solute outside the cell causing water into cell. Cell swells.
Diffusion Passive movement of molecules from high to low concentration, evenly distributes molecules.
Osmosis Type of diffusion in water. Movement of molecules through semipermeable membrane from low to high concentration.
Facilitated diffusion Type of diffusion. Molecules move across cell membrane through protein channels.
Passive transport Movement on molecules through cell membrane without using energy (ATP). High to low concentration.
Active transport Movement of molecules through cell membrane using energy (ATP) from low to high concentration.
Cell membrane Controls what goes in and out of cell.
Phospholipid Bilayer Consists of 2 layers of phospholipids.
Phospholipid molecules Every phospholipid is made with a hydrophobic head and a hydrophilic tail
Hydrophobic "Water - fearing"
Hydrophilic "Water - loving"
Receptors Bind to specific molecules to trigger a reaction to outside environment.
Tonicity describes a solution to cause the cell to gain or lose water. Due to amount of salt present,
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