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What is the outcome of placing a red blood cell and an onion cell in hypo-tonic solution?
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∙ 11y ago
both the cell will swell and rbc will burst easily while cells of onion peal will resist the bursting to some extenct
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe red blood cell will swell and may even burst. The onion cell will resist swelling and bursting because of its cell wall.
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What is a hypotonic solution?
A hypotonic solution is a solution with a lower salt concentration than in normal cells of the body and the blood.
A solution that contains a lower concentration of salt than living red blood cells would be?
It's a hypotonic solution. ex; blood, tears.
Crenation occurs when a blood cell is placed in a?
Hypotonic solution
If an erythrocyte is placed in a hypertonic solution what will it do?
If a human red blood cell is placed in a hypotonic environment, the red blood cell will swell and eventually burst. The reason for this is because a hypotonic solution has a higher osmotic pressure compared to the cytoplasm of the red blood cell. Thus, the water from the hypotonic solution moves into the red blood cell causing it to rupture.
A red blood cell placed in a hypotonic solution?
This is not true. An isotonic solution is one that is equivalent in concentration to that found within human plasma so that is usually desirable. On the other hand, a person may have too little of an ion. In that case the amount needs to be replaced using a hypertonic solution. The trouble with that is that if the patient is not carefully monitored, too much of whatever ion is used will enter the cells, causing the cells to draw more water in to maintain balance. When that happens, especially with sodium, the patient must be monitored closely because giving too much can cause the sodium level in the cells to exceed normal levels. When that happens, the cells draw more water in which can cause the cells to swell and then the membranes to begin to leak such as we see with pulmonary edema.
A red blood cell will undergo hemolysis in?
When it is in a hypotonic solution such as distilled water.
What is a hypotonic solution?
A hypotonic solution is a solution with a lower salt concentration than in normal cells of the body and the blood.
A solution that contains a lower concentration of salt than living red blood cells would be?
It's a hypotonic solution. ex; blood, tears.
Crenation occurs when a blood cell is placed in a?
Hypotonic solution
What solution would make a red blood cell swell?
A hypotonic solution would.
Hemolysis may occur when a blood cell is placed into what?
hypotonic solution
What is hyphotonic?
Hypotonic solution: A solution with a lower concentration than in normal cells of the body and the blood.
Water enters a cell when the solution surrounding the cell is?
Hypotonic- i think. Hypertonic is when it shrinks and Lyses is when the cell burts from swelling too much. We did it with blood cells in my Anatomy and Physiology class.
What could you do to reduce interference from red blood cells?
Mix the blood in a hypotonic solution, which will cause the RBCs to lyse.
What is the ultimate hypotonic solution?
Solution that has lower osmolarity than blood when administering to patient *water leaves the blood and other ecf areas *and enters the cell
If an erythrocyte is placed in a hypertonic solution what will it do?
If a human red blood cell is placed in a hypotonic environment, the red blood cell will swell and eventually burst. The reason for this is because a hypotonic solution has a higher osmotic pressure compared to the cytoplasm of the red blood cell. Thus, the water from the hypotonic solution moves into the red blood cell causing it to rupture.
What would happen to your cell if a hypotonic solution is place directly into your blood stream?
Swell and possibly burst depending on how hypotonic the solution was and how much of it was injected. However the human body has evolved many simple and complex ways to deal with these situations and therefore a small amount of hypotonic solution will likely cause no effect to your cells.
