Figure 2-3 -Refer to Figure 2-3.What Do the Outer Arrows Represent in Arrows

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Short Answer

Figure 2-3
-Refer to Figure 2-3.What do the outer arrows represent in the figure?

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Definitions:

Pinocytosis

Cell drinking; a type of endocytosis by which cells engulf and absorb droplets of liquids. Compare with phagocytosis and receptor-mediated endocytosis.

Net Water Movement

The overall transfer of water from one location to another, often across a membrane, driven by osmosis, filtration, or other forces.

Hypotonic

A term referring to a solution having an osmotic pressure (or solute concentration) less than that of the solution with which it is compared. Compare with hypertonic and isotonic.

Hypertonic

A solution that has a higher concentration of solutes compared to the solute concentration inside the cell, leading to the movement of water out of the cell.