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The cell will shrinks as the fluid inside the cell will flow out due to osmosis.
There are two types of solutions categorized by solute concentration. If the solution has a higher saline concentration than the erythrocytes (red blood cells) it is said to be hypertonic. If the opposite is true the solution is then hypotonic.
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.
Hypertonic
Sterility doesn't imply an isotonic, hypotonic, or hypertonic state. Pure water though is hypotonic, when compared to blood.
The cell will shrinks as the fluid inside the cell will flow out due to osmosis.
hypertonic solution
A 10% NaCl solution is hypertonic to a blood cell and would cause the cell to shrink, aka crenation.
There are two types of solutions categorized by solute concentration. If the solution has a higher saline concentration than the erythrocytes (red blood cells) it is said to be hypertonic. If the opposite is true the solution is then hypotonic.
The water will flow out of the cell into the hypertonic solution and the red blood cell will crenate (crush).
Hypertonic
Hypertonic solution: A solution with a higher sailt concentration than in normal cells of the body and the blood. As opposed to an isotonic isolution or a hypotonic solution. Follow medicine dictionary.
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 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.
No. Everything below 0.9% of NaCl is hypotonic and every solution with concentration over 0.9% is hypertonic solution. Isotonic solution (to blood) is the one that has 0.9% of NaCl, or some other concentration of another compound.
Hypertonic
its to do with osmotic pressure and osmolality of the iv contrast, usually when a hypertonic solution is injected it pushes the ECF (extra cellular fluid) into blood plasma, this is because the solution has a greater osmotic pressure and osmolality than normal fluid.