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How is Osmosis in red blood cells?

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Osmosis is the diffusion of molecules from where they are abundant to where they are scarce through a semi permeable membrane.

In red blood cells, this semi permeable membrane is the cell membrane. If red blood cells were placed in a solution abundant with water molecules, they would diffuse into the cells through the membrane

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