Nutrients can move in and out of the body cells by mechanisms described below. 1. Passive Diffusion Passive diffusion (from the Latin diffundere = to scatter, spread out) is the free movement of nutrients across the cell membranes from the side with high to the side with low nutrient concentration. This is how certain nutrients, such as glycerol, short- […] The post The Transport of Nutrients Across the Cell Membranes appeared first on Nutrients Review.
