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What will happen to a red blood cell if it is placed into a beaker of pure water?
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∙ 14y ago
If a red blood cell is placed into a hypotonic solution then the water concentration inside the cell is lower than outside the cell. The salt concentration is higher inside the cell than outside. So, due to the process of osmosis (water will travel from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration) and the water will enter the red blood cell, increasing the pressure inside the cells. Red blood cells only have a thin membrane, they therefore can not cope with this high pressure and will eventually burst.
Angela Veum
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∙ 14y agoIt will absorb as much water as it can, and then it will burst. After that, it will eventually disintegrate.
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∙ 11y agoIt will swell. Cells need normal saline to live.
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∙ 8y agoThey would become filled with too much water and break open.
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∙ 14y agoswell and burst
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∙ 12y agolyse
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