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Normally red blood cells look like flat disk, witch is compressed in the center. So that they have more surface area when they get exposed to oxygenated air from alveoli and secondly they can get folded, when they squeeze through capillaries, witch are smaller than the size of red blood cells. When we put them in the distilled water, they will get swollen, like a boll, as water will enter the cells due to higher oncotic (osmotic, you can say) pressure inside the cells.
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∙ 14y agoWhen red blood cells are immersed in water, they will burst. This is because the water has a much greater water potential than the cell cytoplasm, so water will transfer into the cell by osmosis. When this happens with red blood cells, it is called haemolysis.
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∙ 14y agoWhen distilled water and blood (my class did it with sheep's blood) are mixed, the result is that the blood will disappear.
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What happen if the white blood cell is put in distilled water?
If they are centrifuged and distilled water is added, they will burst immediately
What is the environment of a red blood cell when red blood cells are approximately 0.25 percent salt Red blood cells are placed in distilled water?
The distilled water is a hypotonic environment.
What is the process called when diluting red blood cells in distilled water?
I think its osmosis because the water potential in the distilled water is higher than in the red blood cell. Henceforth, water would move into the cell by osmosis. But, I don't think the cell will be diluted because it will swell and eventually haemolysis will occur.
What will happen if distilled water is hypotonic to a red blood cell?
The red blood cell would swell because more water would pass in than it would pass out.
What would happen to a red blood cell if placed in distilled water without any solution?
no
What happen if the white blood cell is put in distilled water?
If they are centrifuged and distilled water is added, they will burst immediately
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 is the environment of a red blood cell when red blood cells are approximately 0.25 percent salt Red blood cells are placed in distilled water?
The distilled water is a hypotonic environment.
What is the process called when diluting red blood cells in distilled water?
I think its osmosis because the water potential in the distilled water is higher than in the red blood cell. Henceforth, water would move into the cell by osmosis. But, I don't think the cell will be diluted because it will swell and eventually haemolysis will occur.
What will happen if distilled water is hypotonic to a red blood cell?
The red blood cell would swell because more water would pass in than it would pass out.
What would happen to a red blood cell if placed in distilled water without any solution?
no
A red blood cell will undergo hemolysis in?
When it is in a hypotonic solution such as distilled water.
Is staining what you call it if you diluted a blood sample with distilled water and the red blood cells burst?
You can certainly expect the blood cells to stain the water as their cell membranes rupture from being in a hypotonic solution. The term that describes this is "To lyse". Blood cells lyse in distilled water.
If a cell in a wet cell battery goes dry can it be revived by adding distilled water?
yes with distilled water
Is a red blood cell placed in distilled water will swell and burst a chemical or physical change?
When a red blood cell is placed in distilled water it will swell and burst. This is a physical change.
What would happen if you put red blood cell in distilled water?
because of osmosis it would get fatter and fatter with water till it burst. aww.
What will happen to blood cells place in the stailed water?
Your question is confusing, did you mean "distilled" water? Your body & cells live and function not in a pure water environment, but water with several electrolytes in specific concentrations: sodium, potassium, calcium, chloride and several others. If you placed red blood cells into pure water (distilled water) that did not have any of the electrolytes mentioned above, the distilled water would enter the blood cells through the process of osmosis. The basic idea of osmosis is that if there is a chemical gradient and a permeable membrane separating this gradient, there will be a transfer of water trying to reach an equillibrium. The solution in your red blood cells would be hyperosmotic compared to the distilled water. The cell membranes are semi-permeable, and would allow some of the distilled water to enter the cell, trying to balance the osmolarity. The effect would be that the red blood cells would swell with distilled water and likely burst--like an over-filled water balloon. If enough red blood cells were to pop, they could release enough electrolytes into the distilled water to keep other red blood cells from swelling and popping.
