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- Look up turgid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Turgor pressure is the force within the cell that pushes the plasma membrane against the cell wall....
- making the protoplasm push against the cell wall, a condition known as turgor. Turgor makes plant cells push against each other in the same way and is the...
- If water loss leads to a significant decline in turgor pressure, the cell will plasmolyze. Turgor pressure exerted by vacuoles is also required for...
- primary means by which water is transported into and out of cells. The turgor pressure of a cell is largely maintained by osmosis across the cell membrane...
- due to changes in turgor (internal pressure within plant cells). Decrease in turgor pressure causes shrinkage, while increase in turgor pressure brings...
- 'smooth, hairless'. The skin of the glabella may be used to measure skin turgor in suspected cases of dehydration by gently pinching and lifting it. When...
- appressorium is generated from physiological processes that increase intracellular turgor by producing osmolytes such as glycerol. Adaptations such as these are complemented...
- others, it substitutes for pot****ium in several roles, such as maintaining turgor pressure and aiding in the opening and closing of stomata. Excess sodium...
- perform photosynthesis and store starch, a large vacuole that regulates turgor pressure, the absence of flagella or centrioles, except in the gametes,...
- creating this pressure, the plant can maintain turgor, which allows the plant to keep its rigidity. Without turgor, plants will lose structure and wilt. The...