The faculty member asked the student to identify the appropriate term for the movement of small,electrically uncharged molecules through a semipermeable barrier.Which answer indicates the nursing student understood the teaching?
A) Osmosis
B) Diffusion
C) Hydrostatic pressure
D) Active transport

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Diffusion is the movement of a solute molecule from an area of greater solute concentration to an area of lesser solute concentration.
Osmosis is the movement of water across a semipermeable membrane from a region of higher water concentration to one of lower concentration.
Hydrostatic pressure is the force of fluid against a cell membrane.Within the vascular system,this pressure is the blood pressure.
In active transport,molecules move up a concentration gradient.This process requires energy.

The Faculty Member Asked the Student to Identify the Appropriate