Osmosis Diagram Labeled Hypertonic Solution. Osmosis diffusion of water 6. A cell placed in a solution containing less dissolved substances than in the intracellular fluid swells as the water from the solution moves into the cell.
This equilibrium is important for the efficient and optimized function of cells. When cells are bathed in a solution where the solute concentration is lower than inside the cell cytoplasm a hypotonic solution the cell will gain water. Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools.
In this practical you will observe osmosis in red onion epidermal cells.
As mentioned before balance is the preferred state in a. By definition osmosis is the movement of any solvent through a selectively permeable membrane into an area of higher solute concentration the result of which will be an equalizing of solute concentration on either side of the membrane. Now hypotonic hypertonic and isotonic solutions usually deal with cellular osmosis which diffuses over a selectively permeable membrane. The cells in the hypotonic solution on the right side of the diagram are expanding and bursting.
