Explain How Facilitated Diffusion Is Different From Osmosis
Facilitated diffusion on the other side involves insoluble compounds such as sugars amino acids and ions which can pass through a partially permeable membrane. The main difference between simple and facilitated diffusion is in their mechanism of transporting molecules across the cell membrane. 2 Cystic fibrosis affects multiple parts of the body including the pancreas the sweat glands and the lungs. . The passage of the solvent molecules in osmosis occurs through a selectively permeable membrane. Furthermore osmosis requires a semi-permeable membrane while diffusion does not. Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane. Osmosis can only function in a liquid medium but diffusion can occur in all three mediums solid liquid and gas. Is movement of water from hypotonic solution lower concentration to hypertonic solution higher concentration through a semi permeable membrane. Whereas diffusion is n...