osmolarity
Americannoun
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In an experimental investigation, Paramecia were placed in salt solutions of increasing osmolarity.
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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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Tonicity describes how the extracellular concentration of solutes can change the volume of a cell by affecting osmosis, often correlating with the osmolarity of the solution, i.e., the total solute concentration of the solution.
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The water it lives in has very low osmolarity, which causes water to constantly diffuse into the fish’s body.
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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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