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salt or a water solution containing alot of salt
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Hemolysis may occur when a blood cell is placed into what?
hypotonic solution
Does a red blood cell swells when it has undergone cremation?
No! It shrinks...
What happens to a red blood cell when exposed to isotonic solutions?
If a red blood cell is placed in an isotonic solution then nothing should happen physically because an isotonic solution is one that has the same solute concentration as the red blood cell itself.
Plasmolysis of a human red blood cell would occur if the cell were?
hypertonic
Crenation occurs when a blood cell is placed in a?
Hypotonic solution
Where does blood cell formulation occur?
blood cells are created in the bone marrow.
What will happen if a blood cell is placed in a hypertonic salt solution?
A hypertonic solution is a solution that has a high concentration of solute, in this case the solute being salt. When a red blood cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, since the salt concentration is higher in the outside of the cell, the water concentration is lower there as well. Therefore, through the process of osmosis, the water diffuses from the inside of the cell to the outside of the cell.
What will happen if if a red blood cell is placed in a hypertonic solution?
The water from the cytoplasm within the red blood cell will move out of the cell into the environment and the cell itself will shrivel up.
A red blood cell placed in distilled water will swell and burst due to the diffusion of what?
3. water from the blood cell into its environment
What are the dangerous mutations that occur in sickle cell anemia?
Red blood cell changed due to sickle cell
What hppens to a red blood cell when placed in fresh water?
turns into a black lump of blood type.
Shape and size of red blood cell when put in slty solution?
A red blood cell when placed in salty solution shrinks and becomes wrinkled.
