Osmosis ‘Osmosis is the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane from regions of low solute concentration to those of higher concentration’. Biological membranes are semi-permeable – they allow the free movement of water but restrict the movement of solutes. The creation of osmotic gradients is the primary method for the movement of water in […]
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Basic Cellular Physiology: Homeostasis
Homeostasis is Greek for ‘staying the same’. In the context of human physiology the term homeostasis describes the maintenance of nearly constant conditions in the internal environment – physiological self-regulation. All organs and tissues perform functions that help to maintain this constancy – it is a coordinated, dynamic process. Disease can be conceptualised as a […]
Jake: I Think I Might Be Learning
Jacob Lentz attended the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is in his first year at UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency Class of 2019. Prior to medical school, Jake worked as a comedy writer for the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show for 8 and a half years. Here at Pondering EM, Jake blogs about his journey through […]
