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Q: Which part of the cytoskeleton attach to integrins?

A: Introduction :- Animal cells primarily bind to the extracellular matrix using integrins as their…

Q: What are cilia and flagella? How do these structures acquire movement? What are some examples of…

A: Flagella and cilia are the projections from the cell. These are composed of microtubules. These are…

Q: The cell membrane frequently gets damaged and needs to be repaired. What organelle produces the main…

A: Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) composes asystem of membranes that enclose a space. The fluid content of…

Q: What function do microtubules serve in the cytoskeleton?

A: cytoskeleton is composed of three  major filament systems that are 1)Microfilaments 2) Microtubules…

Q: What are the main components of the cytoskeleton?

A: The cytoskeleton is the flexible cellular network which helps the cells maintain their structure by…

Q: What makesup the eukaryotic cell cytoskeleton?

A: The cytoskeleton is present in the cytosol of eukaryotic cells, and many protein and tubules are…

Q: Give distinguishing features of cilias, sterocillia, microvilli.

A: Cellular protrusion are highly dynamic structures involved in the fundamental processes of cell…

Q: How are lysosomes different from vacuoles?

A: Lysosomes Vacoules Membrane bound bags of enzymes which can hydrolyse a part or whole of plant or…

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.