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What will happen if the concentration of glucose in the water outside of a cell is higher than the concentration inside?

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A. Cook

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A. Cook, English Professor, M.A, Ph.D, Kentucky

Answered Nov 27, 2018

Water will tend to leave the cell by osmosis.

To understand what is happening here, you need to understand the principle of osmosis and tonicity.
Osmosis is the net movement of WATER and not SOLUTE across a semipermeable membrane from an area of lower solute concentration (which in this case is the cell) to an area of higher solute concentration (outside of the cell).

The ability of an extracellular solution to make water move into or out of a cell.
Glucose cannot cross the cell through osmosis. Glucose is transported across a cell through active transport and not through osmosis.

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John Adney

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Answered Jan 17, 2017

The glucose would have to enter the cell to reach an equilibrium.

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John Smith

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Answered Oct 31, 2016

Water will tend to leave the cell by osmosis
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