osmolarity
Americannoun
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The contraction rate increases as the osmolarity decreases because the amount of water entering the Paramecium by osmosis increases.
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In a hypotonic situation, the extracellular fluid has lower osmolarity than the fluid inside the cell, and water enters the cell.
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The water it lives in has very high osmolarity, which causes water to constantly diffuse out of the fish’s body.
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As blood osmolarity decreases, a negative feedback mechanism reduces osmoreceptor activity in the hypothalamus, and ADH secretion is reduced.
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The high osmolarity of the water would cause accumulation of too many salts in the body of the fish.
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