<P> It is also called hydrostatic pressure , and more intricately defined as the pressure measured by a fluid , measured at a certain point within itself when at equilibrium . Generally , turgor pressure is caused by the osmotic flow of water and occurs in plants , fungi , and bacteria . The phenomenon is also observed in protists that have cell walls . This system is not seen in animal cells , seeing how the absence of a cell wall would cause the cell to lyse when under too much pressure . The pressure exerted by the osmotic flow of water is called turgidity . It is caused by the osmotic flow of water through a selectively permeable membrane . Osmotic flow of water through a semipermeable membrane is when the water travels from an area with a low - solute concentration , to one with a higher - solute concentration . In plants , this entails the water moving from the low concentration solute outside the cell , into the cell 's vacuole . </P>
<P> It is also called hydrostatic pressure , and more intricately defined as the pressure measured by a fluid , measured at a certain point within itself when at equilibrium . Generally , turgor pressure is caused by the osmotic flow of water and occurs in plants , fungi , and bacteria . The phenomenon is also observed in protists that have cell walls . This system is not seen in animal cells , seeing how the absence of a cell wall would cause the cell to lyse when under too much pressure . The pressure exerted by the osmotic flow of water is called turgidity . It is caused by the osmotic flow of water through a selectively permeable membrane . Osmotic flow of water through a semipermeable membrane is when the water travels from an area with a low - solute concentration , to one with a higher - solute concentration . In plants , this entails the water moving from the low concentration solute outside the cell , into the cell 's vacuole . </P>
turgor pressure of a plant cell will increase due to
turgor pressure of a plant cell will increase due to
the osmotic flow of water
the osmotic flow of water