osmolarity
Americannoun
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The rate of contraction would increase with decreasing osmolarity because more water diffuses into the Paramecium.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The high osmolarity of the water would cause accumulation of too many salts in the body of the fish.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
In an isotonic solution, the extracellular fluid has the same osmolarity as the cell.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
Three terms—hypotonic, isotonic, and hypertonic—are used to relate the osmolarity of a cell to the osmolarity of the extracellular fluid that contains the cells.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
The measure of the tonicity of a solution, or the total amount of solutes dissolved in a specific amount of solution, is called its osmolarity.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
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