What do you mean by mucous membrane?

Q: Considering the function of a mucous membrane, which of the following is a mucous membrane? Internal…

A: Mucous membrane, a membrane protecting the gastrointestinal, urogenital, and respiratory systems as…

Q: What do diffusion and osmosis have in common? How are they different from active transport? In the…

A: Passive transport is the transport across the cell membrane in which there is no requirement of…

Q: Where is the epithelial tissue pseudo- stratified columnar epithelium located? What does the four…

A: The collection of cells located nearby and responsible for a particular type of function is referred…

Q: Thinking back to the "effect of concentration" lab, what did your data indicate? The concentration…

A: Introduction  Diffusion is a process that results from the random motion of molecules and results in…

Q: Name the rigid layer present outside the cytoplasmic membrane

A: The three major components of the cell include the nucleus, cell membrane, and cytoplasm. The former…

Q: (1) What is meant by describing membranes as semipermeable? (compared to permeable and impermeable)?

A: INTRODUCTION Semipermeable membrane Semipermeable membrane is a layer that allowa the passage of…

Q: How is the bacteria cell structurally different from the epithelial cell

A: Answer: CELLS : Cells are the basic unit of all life forms. These are the structural and functional…

Q: Statement 1: Peripheral Membrane Proteins are hydrophilic and are typically attached to the polar…

A: Hydrophilic means strong attraction towards water or attached to water.

Q: Concerning permeability what type of membrane is the cell membrane?

A: Cell membrane, also known as plasma membrane is the outermost layer of the cell that is chiefly in…

Q: Which statements are consistent with the fluid-mosaic model of membranes? (a) All membrane proteins…

A: Fluid-mosaic model:                   The components of a membrane such as proteins or glycolipids,…

Q: What characteristic of the plasma membrane isresponsible for maintaining the differences…

A: The plasma membrane is comprised of both lipids and proteins. It is an amphipathic structure because…

Q: The phospholipid portion of biological membranes is referred to as "selectively permeable". What…

A: selective permeability is a property of cell membranes that just permits certain molecules to enter…

Q: What is Membrane Junctions?

A: Cell junctions can be defined as the class of cellular structures that consist of multiprotein…

Q: Cell membranes can accomplish 7 SPECIFIC ROLES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

A: cell membrane is the outermost covering of any cell which seperates the cell content from the…

Q: How does cystic fibrosis affect facilitated diffusion?

A: Introduction  Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that affects the function of the cystic fibrosis…

Q: What do you mean by squamous cells?

A: Squamous cells are thin, flat cells that look like fish scales, and are found in the tissue that…

Q: 1. Diffusion is the movement of any particle against its concentration gradient? True or False. 2.…

A: Cell is the smallest structural and, functional unit of life. It is simple machinery that houses all…

Q: Statement 1: Peripheral Membrane Proteins are hydrophilic and are typically attached to the polar…

A: The plasma membrane, also known as the cell membrane, is the membrane that divides the inside of the…

Q: Which of the following protects the body against infectious disease and foreign invaders? [A]…

A: Your immune system is an enormous network of organs, white blood cells, proteins (antibodies) and…

Q: If a sheet of epithelial cells is lining the stomach, what type of cell-cell junction might be…

A: Cell junctions are specialized structures that connect adjacent cells in multicellular organisms.…

Q: What is the function of intermembrane space?

A: A cell is the basic structural and functional unit of life. They are often called as "Building…

Q: What is NOT true about diffusion: 1. A form of passive transport. 2. Uses adenosine triphosphate to…

A: There are various means of transport which are used to carry out transportation at cellular levels…

Q: Which, among the following compounds, is a component of the plasma membrane? A Free fatty acids; B…

A: The plasma membrane is defined as the semipermeable membrane that surrounds the cell and, therefore,…

Q: How are membrane formed? What composes them?

A: Phospholipid is the main part of the biological membrane and it is an amphipathic molecules that is…

Q: What do membrane junctions provide?

A: Cell junctions can be defined as the class of cellular structures that consist of multiprotein…

Q: Why are membranes said to have selective permeability?

A: The cell membrane of most organisms is composed of the phospholipid bilayer. The movement of…

Q: What do you mean by mesenchyme cells?

A: Mesenchymal cells are mainly derived from bone marrow, but are also isolated from adipose tissue,…

Q: how are simple diffusion and facilitated diffusion similar? how are they different? how are…

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Q: What is the function of mucous membranes?

A: The mucous membrane is a layer of epithelial tissue which is responsible for secreting mucus. It…

Q: Are p granules a type of cytoplasmic determinants? I am having a bit of trouble understanding…

A: Introduction :- Cytoplasmic determinants are unique molecules that are crucial to the maturation of…

Q: As cell size  ____________ , the surface area increases and the surface-area-to-volume ratio…

A: Cell  All living organisms such as microscopic or macroscopic are made up of cell. The organism may…

Q: Elastic nature of plasma membrane is due to the presence of (a) lipids (b) proteins (c)…

A: The cytoplasm of the cell is surrounded by cell membranes, also known as plasma membranes. It is…

Q: What is the difference between diffusion and facilitated diffusion?

A: Diffusion is a process by which particles move from higher concentrations to lower concentrations.…

Q: Anchoring junctions  occulding junctions

A: Cell junctions are structures which are made of multiprotein complexes, which helps in the…

Q: Which of the following is not a function of the plasma membrane? (a) transports materials (b) helps…

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Osmosis

In simple words, osmosis is the slow, gradual movement of a liquid through a membrane. But there are nuances to this process. For instance, there has to be an imbalance in the distribution of solute in the liquid on either side of the membrane, which has to be semipermeable. The liquid in the region with a lower solute concentration moves to the region with a higher concentration, thereby displacing the solution in the process. The objective is to equalize the concentration of molecules on both sides of the membrane; the displacement of liquid can be viewed as a byproduct of this equalization. Since there is no energy required to carry osmosis, it is considered a passive process.