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Title: Chapter 06.01.03 Instructor Animation
Caption: Osmosis: The movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane is demonstrated and the terms hypotonic, hypertonic, and isotonic are defined. The consequences of placing a red blood cell in solutions of different tonicity are shown and the usefulness of having a cell wall (as in plants) is mentioned. Run time: 3:30
Keywords: amphipathic, concentration gradient, diffusion, fatty acid, glycerol, hydrophilic, hydrophobic, hypertonic, hypotonic, isoprene, isotonic, micelle, osmosis, phospholipid, phospholipid bilayer, selectively permeable, solute, tonicity