Match Each Term with Its Definition

question 50

Multiple Choice

Match each term with its definition.
-State of maintained muscle contraction

• A)motor unit
• B)tetanus
• C)skeletal muscle tissue
• D)smooth muscle tissue
• E)myocarial muscle tissue
• F)flexor
• G)extensor
• H)contracture
• I)abduction
• J)adduction

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Definitions:

Osmosis

The movement of water molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration.

Concentration Gradient

A difference in the concentration of a substance from one point to another, as for example, across a cell membrane.

Plasmolysis

The process in which cells lose water in a hypertonic solution, resulting in the shrinkage of the cell membrane away from the cell wall.

Hypertonic

A solution that has a higher concentration of solutes compared to another solution, leading to potential osmotic movement of water out of a cell.