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When a human red blood cell is placed in a hypertonic environment it will?
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∙ 13y ago
It will undergo crenation. This means that the red blood cell will shrink in size and become shrivelled-looking. This is due to osmosis, which is the net movement of water molecules from a region of higher water potential (red blood cell) to a region of lower water potential (hypertonic solution) through a partially-permeable membrane (cell membrane).
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∙ 13y agoWhen a human red blood cell is placed in a hypotonic environment, it iwll undergo cytolysis, which basically means it will explode.
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When a human red blood cells placed in a hypotonic environment it will?
When a human red blood cell is placed in a hypotonic environment, it iwll undergo cytolysis, which basically means it will explode.
Plasmolysis of a human red blood cell would occur if the cell were?
hypertonic
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