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Does turgor pressure in a hypertonic solution increase or decrease?
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∙ 12y ago
more solutes = less osmotic pressure = decreased turgor pressure
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Does hypertonic shrink?
A hypertonic solution does shrink. It is when the osmotic pressure is greater than the solution that is within it.
What is the solution that contains more water than what is located in the cells?
A hypertonic Solution. a solution that has a greater concentration of water than the cell content is hypotonic, meaning there is less concentration of water inside the cell, which results in an increase or an expansion of the cell.
When a solution is hypertonic?
Let us put hypotonic into the mix. Hyper is more, hypo is less so that puts -tonic right in the middle, as a reference point. That reference point is also called equilibrium. When a solution contains more solute that it would normally contain at equilibrium it is hypertonic, and when a solution has dissolved in it less than the amount of solute that it would normally contain at equilibrium it is hypotonic.
What hypertonic means to illustrate equilibrium?
Hypertonic is when you have a high concentration of solute relative to the solvent. For example, salt water is a hypertonic solution with vast amounts of sodium, chlorine, potassium, and iodine dissolved in water.
What will the water do if you immerse a living cell into hypertonic solution?
When dealing with cells and their surrounding environment, if the outside of the cell is hypertonic (more salty), water will move out of the cell. This is an effort for the concentration of the salt to even out. The cell will shrink as a result.
What happens to the pressure inside a cell that is placed in a hypertonic solution?
The pressure inside a cell that is placed in a hypertonic solution will decrease causing the cell to shrivel due to water loss
What is hypertonic and solution and hypertonic solution mean?
a solution that has a higher osmotic pressure than another solution to which it is compared
In a pressure chamber filled with gas above a liquid solution a decrease in volume causes?
AN increase n pressure, an increase in gas concentration in the solution
Does hypertonic shrink?
A hypertonic solution does shrink. It is when the osmotic pressure is greater than the solution that is within it.
What are the three properties of a solution?
1. Vapor pressure lowering: the decrease in vapor pressure with increasing the number of solute molecules in solution. 2. Boiling point elevation: the increase in boiling point with increasing number of solute molecules in solution. 3. Freezing point depression: the decrease in freezing point with increasing number of solute molecules in solution. 4. Osmotic pressure
How would you use hypertonic in a sentence?
Hypertonic means increased pressure or tone. This solution is hypertonic compared to that one.
What term is descriptive of the solution with the higher solute concentration?
The solution having higher solute concentration is called solution with high osmotic pressure.
Should hypotonic or hypertonic solution be given for hypervolemia?
A hypertonic solution would be given when a patient is deficient in electrolytes or salts and needs to have them replenished.
Shrunken cells in a solution are?
The cell lose water in the hypertonic solution, which has higher osmotic pressure.
Is TPN a hypertonic solution?
hypertonic
If a solution is diluted will the absorbance decrease or increase?
decrease
What is a relatively low solute concentration called?
The solution would be a hypotonic solution.
