Cell Transport Review

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Process by which particles tend to move from an area where they are more concentrated to an area where they are less concentrated

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Diffusion

Front

Process of diffusion in which molecules pass across the membrane through cell membrane channels

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Facilitated Diffusion

Front

Water channel protein in a cell

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Aquaporin

Front

Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane

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Osmosis

Front

When the concentration of two solutions is the same

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Isotonic

Front

When comparing two solutions, the solution with the greater concentration of solutes

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Hypertonic

Front

When comparing two solutions, the solution with the lesser concentration of solutes

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Hypotonic

Front

Pressure that must be applied to prevent osmotic movement across a selectively permeable membrane

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Osmotic Pressure

Front

Relatively constant internal physical and chemical conditions that organisms maintain

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Homeostasis

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Group of similar cells that perform a particular function

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