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Collapse of a walled cell's cytoplasm due to the lack of water.
Plasmolysis= contraction of the protoplast of a plant cell as a result of loss of water from the cell.
plasmolysis- is the separation of plant cell cytoplasm from the cell wall as a result of water loss.
cytolysis-the bursting or rupturing of cell membrane when the cell can no longer contain the excessive inflow of water (or extracellular fluid).
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoIf a plant cell is placed in hypertonic solution ,the plant cell loses water and hence turgor pressure(or turgidity, is the main pressure of the cell contents against the cell wall in plant cells and bacteria cells determined by water content of the vacuole resulting from osmotic pressure),making the plant cell flaccid.
Plant with cell in this condition wilt.
Further water loss causes plasmolysis: pressure decreases to the point where the protoplasm of the cell peels away from the cell wall,leaving gaps between the cell wall and the membrane.
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The shrinking of a plant cell membrane away from the cell wall when placed in a hypertonic solution is called?
The shrinking of a plant cell membrane away from the cell wall when placed in a hypertonic solution is plasmolysis
What does plasmolysis explain?
Plasmolysis contraction of the protoplasm in a living cell when water is removed by exosmosis. The process in which cells lose water in a hypertonic solution.
What is the difference between lysis and plasmolysis?
When a cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, water will enter the cell. This is called lysis. When a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water will leave the cell (causing it to shrink). This is called plasmolysis.
Plasmolysis of a human red blood cell would occur if the cell were?
hypertonic
What do you call it when a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution?
yes...when placed in a hypertonic solution, it goes shrinks (plasmolysis).
Which prokaryotes should be expected to be most strongly resistant to plasmolysis in hypertonic enviornments?
Extreme halophiles
What are the effects of hypertonic solutions on living cells?
Hypertonic solutions are solutions that have a higher concentration than that of its immediate environment. The effects of hypertonic solutions on living cells is crenation in animal cells and plasmolysis in plant cells.
How does hypertonic affect an animal cell?
hypertonic affects the animal cell by having a higher concentration of solutes than in the cell causing it to shink; which is called plasmolysis
What is the contraction or shrinking of the cell membrane of a plant cell in a hypertonic solution in response to the loss of water by osmosis?
plasmolysis
What causes plasmolysis in plants?
Plasmolysis occurs when the cell(hypotonic) is kept in a hypertonic solution. If a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, the plant cell loses water and hence turgor pressure, making the plant cell flaccid. Plants with cells in this condition wilt. Further water loss causes plasmolysis: pressure decreases to the point where the protoplasm of the cell peels away from the cell wall, leaving gaps between the cell wall and the membrane. Eventually cytorrhysis -- the complete collapse of the cell wall -- can occur.
What happens to the distribution of chloroplasts during plasmolysis?
The chloroplasts have clumped into the middle. This demonstrates the effect on a hypertonic solution on living cells. :)
How the plant cell undergone plasmolysis?
Plasmolysis occurs in walled cells when their outside surroundings, or environment, are hypertonic (with solute concentration levels are higher than the cells), causing water to diffuse out of the cell (to equal concentration levels). The lack of water makes the cytoplasm of the cell shrivel. This shriveling is accompanied by the plasma membrane slowly pulling away from the cell wall.
