BIOL 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ascending Limb Of Loop Of Henle, Renal Corpuscle, Electrochemical Gradient

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Chapter 42: water and electrolyte balance in animals. Electrolyte: compound that dissociates into ions when dissolved in water, conduct electrical current. Diffusion: movement of substance from regions of higher concentration to lower. Process: different molecules on opposite sides of the selectively permeable membrane, molecules diffuse across membrane along their own concentration gradients, establish equilibrium, molecules continue moving back and forth but at equal rates. Osmosis: diffusion, however it is movement of water from regions of higher water concentration to lower across a selectively permeable membrane. Process: more solute is on one side of the membrane, solutes cannot cross, water moves from lower concentration of solutes (higher concentration water) to region of higher concentration of solutes. Selectively permeable membrane: membrane that some solutes can cross more easily than other solutes (eg: phospholipid bilayer) Tonicity: refers to the impact of a solution on a cell in that solution. Osmolarity: concentration of dissolved substances in a solution (mols/liter).

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