osmosis
What passes through the cell membrane during osmosis?
water
What part of the body does the urine exit out of?
The Urethra
What diffusion requires no energy?
Facilitated diffusion
What is the cell membrane made of?
Phospholipids
What is the function of your kidneys?
filters wastes products in your bloodstream
When a plant cells swells it becomes _____?
turgid
The tubes leading to the bladder are the _____?
Ureters
When there is an equal amount of water inside and outside membrane channel this is called what?
Equalibrium
One differnece of Animal vs Plant cell
An animal cell does not have a cell wall but a Plant cell does carry one
Where in the nephron is it important to filtration of blood?
The glomerulus
What is the difference between hypertonic and hypotonic?
Hypertonic is a solution that has a higher concentration of solute outside the than inside the cell. Hypotonic is a solution that contains a higher solute concentration inside the cell.
The millions of little structures in your kidney are called...
nephrons
During active transport what the water passes through the ________ in the call membrane?
aquaporins
What is a cell that shrunk called?
creanated
What amount of proteins are in your bladder?
very little
Which side of the cell membrane has to have a higher solute for it to swell?
Inside the cell membrane
What are the four steps of the excretory system?
Filtration, Reabsorption, Secretion, Excretion
Where does passive transport occur?
from a higher concentration to a lower concentration with no energy
what is lysis?
The breaking down of a cell membrane
Define flaccid
plant cell in an isotonic solution such that the plasma membrane is not pressed tightly against the cell wall
What is the difference between diffusion and osmosis?
Diffusion is the process of anything other than water moving across the cell membrane. Osmosis is the process of water moving through the cell membrane.
What happens to your body during reabsorption?
reabsorption is when your body moves solutes and water out of the filtrate and back into your bloodstream
What is the definition of Isotonic?
A solution that has an equal concentration of dissolved solvents as compared to inside a cell
Contraction of the protoplast of a plant cell as a result of loss of water from the cell is named what?
Plasmolysis
What is the process called including the digestion of food by an organism, viral replication, immune defense against bacteria and viruses, and biofilm development?
Lysis