The fingers actually swell up when they become saturated with water.
The reason it appears shrunken or wrinkled is because of the skin being held to the bottom layer where the skin is connected.
Basically fingers would look completely swollen if they werent held down by connective tissue underneath.
You have natural oils on your skin that at first repels the water. But if you are in the water long enough, the oils disappear and leave your fingers and toes wrinkled. They have absorbed water but it will go away soon after you dry.
No, it just makes it easier to have long, flexible fingers. Often, people who have played the piano for a long time have long fingers.
When your fingers are in water for a long time, the outer layer of skin absorbs water and swells, causing the skin to wrinkle. This process is not due to osmosis, but rather a reaction of the skin to prolonged exposure to water.
When your fingers are in water for a long time, the outer layer of skin absorbs water and swells up. This causes the skin to wrinkle because of osmosis, a process where water moves into cells to balance out the concentration of solutes inside and outside the cells.
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when we wash cloths our finger cells are dipped in hyper tonic solution they loose water by osmosis and shrink
because of the water soaking into your skin
when we wash cloths our finger cells are dipped in hyper tonic solution they loose water by osmosis and shrink
Two main reasons: The salinity of the body is .9% and the water is 0% therefore the water leaches out the salt in the body. That is why the wrinkles in your fingers after a long bath. Second is the temperature. The body is at 98.6 F and can lose or gain temperature when submerged.
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when an animal cell is placed in a concentrated or diloute solution, it soakes up the water but because animal cell do not have cell walls like plant cells they will eventually burst.
when we wash cloths our finger cells are dipped in hyper tonic solution they loose water by osmosis and shrink