BIOL 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Chemical Polarity, Turgor Pressure, Red Blood Cell
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Which of these molecules contains a polar covalent bond: h2, o2, ch3ch2ch3, h2o, ch4. Q 0. 9% nacl solution is isotonic to red blood cells. If a red blood cell is placed in 4% Nacl, what will occur: cell lysis, turgor pressure, crenation, plasmolysis, nothing. Amino acid residues exposed to the interior of the aquaporin channel are most likely: polar, nonpolar, small, hydrophobic, large. Movement of water across membranes in response to solute concentration change. In a hypertonic environment, the cells will lose water to the environment and shrink. In animal cells this process is known as crenation. In plants and algae it is called plasmolysis. In a hypotonic environment, the cells will take up water. Animal cells will swell up and may lyse. Cell wall of plant cells prevents major expansion. The internal water pressure generated in plant cells as the cell membrane presses on the cell wall is known as turgor pressure.