Abstract
Using expressions derived in previous papers, the author investigates the behavior of a cell immersed in an infinite medium, under the influence of diffusion of a single solute and flow of water. The effect of hydrostatic pressure on the system is taken into account. It is found that, depending on the values of certain parameters, the cell can collapse, burst, reach a stationary stable state, or execute undamped oscillations; a cell must burst or collapse unless its volume is an increasing function of internal pressure, and it can execute stable oscillations only if its membrane acts as a “potential well” to the molecules of the solute.
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