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The 86 pages that link to Osmosis, each with the reason it gives.

• DiffusionBroader topic: It is a membrane-mediated case of diffusion involving solvent movement.

• Chemical potentialRelated: Dissolved solutes lower solvent chemical potential and create osmotic pressure.

• OsmoregulationRelated: Water moves across membranes according to osmotic gradients that organisms must counter or exploit.

• WaterRelated: Water movement by osmosis helps regulate cell volume and transport across membranes.

• Cell membraneRelated: Water crossing cell membranes can change cell volume and help regulate internal conditions.

• Capillary actionCompared with: Osmosis moves liquid through membrane selectivity, not curvature at a liquid surface.

• Sodium chlorideRelated: Salt concentrations influence water movement across food and cell membranes.

• ConcentrationRelated: Differences in dissolved concentration can move water across biological membranes.

• Thermodynamic equilibriumRelated: Osmotic equilibrium occurs when chemical-potential differences no longer drive net solvent flow.

• Oral rehydration therapyRelated: Water follows absorbed electrolytes and glucose from the intestinal lumen into the body.

• SalinityRelated: Salinity differences drive water movement across cell membranes.

• MangroveRelated: Mangrove roots must take up water despite the low water potential of salty surroundings.

• PicklingRelated: Salt and acidic brines draw water from food tissues and affect their texture.

• Osmotic pressureRelated: Osmotic pressure is the counterpressure that halts this net solvent movement.

• BrineRelated: Brine draws water from cells through osmotic pressure during food preservation.

• Reverse osmosisCompared with: Reverse osmosis applies pressure to oppose and reverse this natural solvent flow.

• Curing (food preservation)Related: Salt draws water from microbial cells and food tissues during curing.

• SaltRelated: Salt draws water from food and microbial cells through osmotic effects.

• Cell wallRelated: Water movement creates turgor whose mechanical effects are constrained by the wall.

• HydrationRelated: Osmosis hydrates cells and gels when water crosses their membranes.

• Salt glandRelated: Osmotic water movement links salt balance to hydration.

• AquaporinNarrower topic: Aquaporins speed membrane water flow without changing the osmotic driving force.

• Active transportCompared with: Water movement is usually passive, not energy-coupled transport against a gradient.

• RootRelated: Water enters root cells through membrane-driven osmotic movement.

• BriningRelated: Salt concentration differences drive water movement between brine and food.

• Concentration gradientRelated: Unequal solute concentrations across a membrane can drive solvent flow.

• Pressure gradientCompared with: Osmotic effects can create or oppose pressure differences across membranes.

• Electrolyte imbalanceRelated: Changes in extracellular sodium concentration shift water between body compartments by osmosis.

• SauerkrautRelated: Salt draws water from cabbage cells, creating the liquid that covers the shreds.

• SoluteRelated: A difference in solute concentration can drive solvent movement across membranes.

• CellRelated: Water movement across the cell membrane can change cell volume and internal conditions.

• Plant cellRelated: Water entering a plant cell can raise pressure against its rigid wall.

• AbsorptionCompared with: It involves solvent movement driven by concentration differences, not simply incorporation of a solute.

• HumectantRelated: It helps explain water movement across biological barriers, though skin is not a simple membrane.

• Magnesium sulfateRelated: Oral magnesium sulfate can retain water in the intestine and act as a laxative.

• MarinadeRelated: Salt in a marinade can draw water from food and change its moisture balance.

• Membrane transportRelated: It is the central water-transport process shaping cell volume and fluid balance.

• Molecular diffusionBroader topic: It is a membrane-mediated transport process driven by molecular diffusion and solvent chemical potential.

• Dynamic equilibriumRelated: At osmotic equilibrium, opposing solvent movements balance even as molecules continue crossing the membrane.

• Intravenous fluid therapyRelated: Osmotic gradients help determine how infused water shifts among body compartments.

• DesiccationRelated: It describes water shifts across cell membranes as surrounding conditions dry.

• Food dehydrationRelated: Salting and sugaring draw water from food cells through osmotic movement.

• HygroscopyCompared with: It is membrane-mediated liquid movement, not water vapor uptake by a substance.

• Turgor pressureRelated: Water entering a plant cell by osmosis raises internal pressure against its wall.

• VacuoleRelated: Water movement into the vacuole generates turgor pressure in plant cells.

• OsmolalityRelated: Osmolality predicts the particle-driven tendency behind this movement.

• Peritoneal dialysisRelated: It helps pull excess water from blood into dialysate, often using glucose.

• Extracellular fluidRelated: It shifts water between extracellular and intracellular compartments.

• Facilitated diffusionCompared with: Water movement has its own driving-force description and may use aquaporins.

• SorbitolRelated: Sorbitol retained inside cells can draw in water by increasing intracellular solute concentration.