No osmosis occurs. Water will diffuse from a higher water concentration outside the cell to a lower water concentration inside the cell. The presence of the plant cell wall prevents plant cells ...

Red blood cells placed in a solution with the same water concentration as their cytoplasm (0.85 per cent salt solution) will not experience an overall change in volume. No osmosis occurs.

Thus, the pore theory, originally conceived for osmosis and ultrafiltration ... The evolution of the lipid cell membrane solved one problem and created another. It enabled compartmentalization ...