Where is the cell membrane?

Q: How does the nucleus control protein synthesis in the cytoplasm?

A: Transcription in the cell nucleus leads to the production of  a mRNA molecule. During the process of…

Q: Which organelles are involved in cell division? Explain each of their roles.

A: The cell division is the process by which mother cell divides and produce more than one daughter…

Q: What is the Cell Cycle ?

A: Hi! Thank you for your question. As you have posted multiple questions and have not mentioned which…

Q: Is the outer membrane part of the cell wall?

A: Cell wall is the protective, semi-permeable outer layer of plant cell, whose major function is to…

Q: What is membrane?

A: The cell is the smallest and fundamental unit of life. Every living being made up of cells and it is…

Q: Define cell line.

A: Cell culture is defined as the growth in the number of cells of a particular species in a nutrient…

Q: What is an apical membrane?

A: The plasma membrane cell membrane is the membrane that is found in all cells that separate the…

Q: What are the basic constituents of the cell membrane?

A: Cell, in science, the essential film bound unit that contains the basic molecules of everyday…

Q: What are the structures of the Plasma Membrane?

A: INTRODUCTION Plasma membrane The plasma membrane is also called cell membrane which separate the…

Q: What is cell wall

A: Any aqueous compartment that is surrounded by a plasma membrane is defined as a cell. Every cell…

Q: How does the nuclear envelope differ from the plasma membrane? How do molecules move between the…

A: The mebrane-bound, dense, round, cellular component that houses the genetic material (DNA) which…

Q: What is Zone of cell division ?present this diagramatically ?

A: Plants are eukaryotic, multicellular organism that differ from animals on the basis of presence of…

Q: What is cell membrane and its function?

A: Two types of cells are present in an ecosystem: Prokaryotic cells for example archaea and bacteria.…

Q: Where is the outer membrane located?

A: The outer membrane is a highly organized structure having lipid bilayer. The outer membrane term is…

Q: How is the cell’s cytoskeleton held together?

A: The cytoskeleton is a cell "platform" or "skeleton" that crisscrosses the cytoplasm. All eukaryotic…

Q: What is the cell division in bacteria called?

A: Cell division - cell division is a process in which one cell is divided into two or more that two…

Q: How does the nucleus contribute to maintaining homeostasis for the cell?

A: *Homeostasis is the maintaining the constant internal body temperature or environment. *Nucleus will…

Q: What is Golgi Apparatus?

A: The endomembrane system is a system that the cell uses to modify, package, and transport lipids and…

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.