Water flows through a selectively permeable membrane in a process called ________, but water molecules cross the membrane more easily through channels of transmembrane proteins called ________.

A. filtration; aquaporins
B. osmosis; aquaporins
C. osmosis; water pumps
D. osmosis; uniport
E. filtration; water pumps


Answer: B

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