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A red blood cell placed in water will lyse or burst. The red blood cell is hypertonic in comparison to the pure water (hypotonic). Water will rush in to equalize the concentrations via osmosis, and the cell will lyse.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoDistilled water is hyposmotic to the interior of a blood cell, so water will begin to enter the blood cell, causing it swell, and burst.
Distilled water is what is known as a hypotonic solution (meaning it has low salt levels)
If a red blood cell is placed into a hypotonic solution then the water concentration inside the cell is lower than outside the cell. The salt concentration is higher inside the cell than outside
Due to the process of osmosis (water will travel from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration) Water enters the red blood cell, increasing the pressure inside the cells. Red blood cells only have a thin membrane, they therefore can not cope with this high pressure and will eventually burst.
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∙ 10y agoSince there is more salt in the cell than outside the cell, water would move IN to the cell. Water always follows salt when there is a cell membrane involved. The water outside will try to dilute the salt inside so the concentration of salt to water is the same. The problem is that the cell membrane can not expand enough for this to happen and the cell will break.
It will swell and burst.
it will swell and then burst
it wouldn't shrivel
it will swell and burst that's why people say to put water on a cut so it would stop the bleeding.
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∙ 11y agoNormal (and especially distilled) water should be hypotonic (have less solutes) to a red blood cell. This means that there will be a net movement of water into the cell and it could eventually burst.
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∙ 13y agoabsorb water and explode
Well, a process called Cytolysis will occur, meaning the incoming H2O on the red blood cell will be too much for it, causing the cell to explode.
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∙ 15y agoNothing, plasma is isotonic to a blood cell
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∙ 9y agoA red blood cell placed into a container of distilled water will gain water via osmosis. An example of positive feedback mechanism is blood clotting.
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∙ 12y agoswell and lyse
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∙ 11y agoit would swell and burst
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What happens if a cell is dropped into a container of pure water?
Water moves into the cell.
What happens in a animal cell in pure water an why does this not happen in a plant cell?
It can possibly burst.
What would happen to red blood cells in the body if blood lost through injury were replaced with pure water?
Water that is added would tend to equalize the amount of sodium and other substance inside the cell with what is outside the cell. Since the RBCs have more inside them, the pure water would move into the cell. This would cause the RBCs to swell and perhaps burst. The amount of water that is added to the blood would determined if the cells would burst. More pure water, the more likely the cell will burst.
Will red blood cells shrink in a hypotonic solution?
hypotonic solutionhigh concentration of pure (or fresh)water outside cell (and therefore low concentration of solute outside cell)Low concentration of pure water inside cell (high concentration of solute inside cell)since there are so many organelles and dissolved substances in a red blood cell we can assume there is a relatively smallconcentration of pure water and a relatively highconcentration of solute (in the form of organelles/dissolved substances).water naturally follows an osmotic gradient (from a high concentration of pure water to a low concentration of pure water). in other words water will try to dilute a concentrated substance.since there is a high concentration of pure water outside the cell and a low concentration of pure water inside the cell (i.e.: cell is in a hypotonic solution) the water from the outside of cell enters the cell via osmosis and tries to dilute the blood cell.Now to answer your question :) since there is sooooo much water following the osmotic gradient from the high concentration of pure water outside to the low concentration of pure water inside the cell will burst (or lyse), much like trying to put too much water into a ballon.this is why people drown faster when inhaling fresh pure water from a lake than they do when inhaling less pure water from the sea.for the blood cell to shrink it would need to be placed in a hypertonic solution which is the exact opposite of the definition given above.
What happens if a cell is placed in a pure water?
In this case the solution is hypotonic in relation to the cell. The cell swells up and ruptures as the water rushes in, and since the animal cell has no cell wall it cannot become turgid (stop letting in water), therefore the cell will rupture.
What happens if a cell is dropped into a container of pure water?
Water moves into the cell.
What happens in a animal cell in pure water an why does this not happen in a plant cell?
It can possibly burst.
What would happen to red blood cells in the body if blood lost through injury were replaced with pure water?
Water that is added would tend to equalize the amount of sodium and other substance inside the cell with what is outside the cell. Since the RBCs have more inside them, the pure water would move into the cell. This would cause the RBCs to swell and perhaps burst. The amount of water that is added to the blood would determined if the cells would burst. More pure water, the more likely the cell will burst.
What would happen if you to red blood cells if you give a pure water IV?
Fluids entering the blood stream should be isotonic (same salt concentration) as the blood. Water is hypotonic to the cell environment (contains fewer solutes) and this would result in a net movement of water into the cell, causing the cell to swell and lyse (burst).
If you put a red blood cell into pure water it will swell and burst why is this?
Since the levels of water inside the blood cell are lower than the levels outside the blood cell, water would diffuse down it's concentration gradient into the cell, and too much water in the cell would cause it too burst. This is known as lysis. The reason why this doesn't happen in blood is because the concentration in blood is lower than in pure water.
Will red blood cells shrink in a hypotonic solution?
hypotonic solutionhigh concentration of pure (or fresh)water outside cell (and therefore low concentration of solute outside cell)Low concentration of pure water inside cell (high concentration of solute inside cell)since there are so many organelles and dissolved substances in a red blood cell we can assume there is a relatively smallconcentration of pure water and a relatively highconcentration of solute (in the form of organelles/dissolved substances).water naturally follows an osmotic gradient (from a high concentration of pure water to a low concentration of pure water). in other words water will try to dilute a concentrated substance.since there is a high concentration of pure water outside the cell and a low concentration of pure water inside the cell (i.e.: cell is in a hypotonic solution) the water from the outside of cell enters the cell via osmosis and tries to dilute the blood cell.Now to answer your question :) since there is sooooo much water following the osmotic gradient from the high concentration of pure water outside to the low concentration of pure water inside the cell will burst (or lyse), much like trying to put too much water into a ballon.this is why people drown faster when inhaling fresh pure water from a lake than they do when inhaling less pure water from the sea.for the blood cell to shrink it would need to be placed in a hypertonic solution which is the exact opposite of the definition given above.
Will A red blood cell placed in pure water will shrink?
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.
What would happen if you placed a blood cell in pure water?
Yeah I think so
What happens if a cell is placed in a pure water?
In this case the solution is hypotonic in relation to the cell. The cell swells up and ruptures as the water rushes in, and since the animal cell has no cell wall it cannot become turgid (stop letting in water), therefore the cell will rupture.
Is pure water hypertonic to red blood cells?
Yes, because there is no sodium in the solution.
What happens to the plant cells when pure water is added?
Because there is more salt in the plant cells, when they are placed in pure water (with no salt), water will move into the cells in an effort to balance the concentration inside the cell and out the cell. The plant cells will become enlarged with water and may burst. This is a way to make wilted celery to become like it did when it was bought.
Why animal cells burst when they are placed in pure water?
Animal cell are hypertonic to the water i.e. they have more solute concentration inside the cell when placed in pure water. Now by the law solvent(water here) move from low concentration of solute to high concentration of solute so water move inside the animal cell which make cell to swell up and when the swelling pressure increase then wall pressure the cell get burst
