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Water will leave the cell and the cell will shrink and shrivel.
water would move from the red blood cell into the solution and the cell would then shrink and therefore not function properly
A red blood cell placed in pure (distilled) water will explode because of osmosis.Substances naturally seek equilibrium through osmosis by going from areas of high concentration to low concentration, the concentration of H2O is much greater outside the cell than inside and as a result water will rush into the cell and burst the membrane.
Red blood cells in a hypertonic solution will shrink. This occurs as water moves out of the red blood cell.
shrinking of blood
The reaction of a red blood cell to water depends on the concentration of substances like sugar in that water. If the water is pure, the red blood cell will expand until it bursts. However, if the water contains 10% sucrose the water in the red blood cell will actually diffuse into the surrounding water, causing it to shrink.
No. An isotonic solution would not cause a cell to shrink, because the concentration of water in the solution and inside the cell is the same. A hypertonic solution would cause a cell to shrink.
Water leaves the cell, causing the cell to shrink.
Provided the concentration of salt is higher than the salt concentration in the red blood cell, the red blood cell, through the process of osmosis and the principal of diffusion, will shrink, as water flows from within the red blood cell to the solution
Provided the concentration of salt is higher than the salt concentration in the red blood cell, the red blood cell, through the process of osmosis and the principal of diffusion, will shrink, as water flows from within the red blood cell to the solution
A 10% NaCl solution is hypertonic to a blood cell and would cause the cell to shrink, aka crenation.
It will leave the cell, causing the cell to shrink.