MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Osmosis is the transport of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane that separates two solutions of differing solute concentration. During osmosis, the solvent moves from the solution that is lower in solute concentration to the solution that is higher in solute concentration.

Detailed explanation-2: -The physical driving force of osmosis is the increase in entropy generated by the movement of free water molecules. There is also thought that the interaction of solute particles with membrane pores is involved in generating a negative pressure, which is the osmotic pressure driving the flow of water.

Detailed explanation-3: -Our observations suggested that NaCl had both osmotic and ionic effects. The osmotic effect decreased the amount of water in the cytosol, rapidly increasing the intracellular concentration of salts.