Calculate the flux of urea


A human red blood cell has a membrane surface area of about 81µm2 and a membrane thickness of about 110 Aº. If the concentration of urea in the extracellular fluid is 1.6mM, and its intracellular concentration is 0.8mM, calculate the flux of urea in µmoles/sec across the red blood cell membrane. Assume that the diffusion coefficient of urea is 1 x 10-8 cm2/sec.

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Biology: Calculate the flux of urea
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