CYTOLOGY TEST EXAMS WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CYTOLOGY TEST EXAMS WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

Endocytosis - ✔️✔️Process by which a cell takes material into the cell by infolding of the cell membrane



Cytolysis - ✔️✔️The bursting of a cell



Passive transport - ✔️✔️The movement of substances across a cell membrane without the use of cell
energy



Osmosis - ✔️✔T️ he diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane



Diffusion - ✔️✔T️ he process by which molecules move from an area of greater concentration to an area
of lesser concentration



Plasmolysis - ✔️✔️The shrinking or wilting of a walled cell in a hypertonic environment



Turgor Pressure - ✔️✔️Water pressure within a plant cell



Exocytosis - ✔️✔️A process in which a vesicle inside a cell fuses with the cell membrane and releases its
contents to the external environment



Active transport - ✔️✔T️ he movement of a substance across a cell membrane against a concentration
gradient; requires the cell to expend energy



Hypertonic - ✔️✔️Describing a solution whose solute concentration is higher than that inside a cell