The mechanism of ciliary movement. II.—The effect ions on the cell membrane

Abstract

In 1906 R. S. Lillie (7) published an account of the effects of various pure sodium salts upon the ciliated epithelium of Mytilus edulis . He found that the ions could be arranged in the following order of “toxicity,” Cl' <NO 3 ' < Br' < I' <SCN'. Lillie also referred to the effect which various anions have upon the amount of water taken up by the cells from their external medium, and arranged the ions in the following order of efficiency in causing an absorption of water by the cells. CH 3 COO' < Cl' < NO 3 ' < C10 3 ' < Br' < I' < SCN' < BrO 3 ' < OH'.