<span>The movement of fluids between cellular compartments is regulated by osmotic and hydrostatic forces.</span> <span>
Hydrostatic pressure<span> is the force exerted by a fluid against a wall which causes movement of fluid between compartments. This pressure is important for exchanging plasma and nutrients between capillaries and surrounding tissues</span> and also in the nephrons (kidneys) where ensures proper filtering of the blood to form urine.</span> <span>Fluid also moves between compartments along an osmotic gradient (the difference in concentration of solutes on one side of the cell membrane to that on the other side). Water constantly moves into and out of fluid compartments via osmotic gradient.</span>
The purpose of DNA Replication is to produce two identical copies of a DNA molecule. This is essential for cell division during growth or repair of damaged tissues. DNA Replication ensures that each new cell receives its own new copy of the DNA.
Osmosis is the movement of a solvent across a semipermeable membrane toward a higher concentration of solute (lower concentration of solvent). ... When a cell is submerged in water, the water molecules pass through the cell membrane from an area of low solute concentration to high solute concentration.
