The Life of the Cell
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The Life of the Cell
Chapter 3
Types of Movements1. Diffusion and passive transport
2. Active Transport
3. Phagocytosis & Exocytosis
4. Osmosis
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Passive Transport
Nucleus
[Low]
[High]
Note: Solutes move
2. Active Transport: may be ions (e.g. Na+, K+ or other molecules
like glucose).
Requires Energy
Requires a Transporter
Exocytosis Endocytosis and Phagocytosis3.
Movement of large molecules: requires energy
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4. Osmosis is :
the movement of WATER from a region of HIGHER WATER
concentration to region of LOWER WATER concentration
across a semi-permeable membrane.
Now: A real life example of how osmosis is important to the human red blood cells.
It is helpful to understand the term of “osmolarity”.
Osmolarity (FYI)
Osmolarity is the measure of solute concentration, defined as the number of osmoles(Osm) of solute per liter(L) of solution (osmol/L or Osm/L).
1 mol/L NaCl corresponds to an osmolarity of 2 osmol/L each mole of NaCl becomes two osmoles in solution, one mole of Na+ and one mole of Cl-.
Similarly, a solution of 1 mol/L CaCl2, gives a solution of 3 osmol/L (Ca2+ and 2 Cl-).
What happens to the shapes of the RBC?
Crenation SwellingNo change
600 mOsm 300 mOsm 200 mOsm
100 200 300 400 500
milliosmosmoles
Red Blood Cells and the affect of Tonicity
We will next discuss our digestive system