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Why does the red blood cell lyse in an isosmotic solution of urea?
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∙ 12y ago
Urea is isosmotic to the intracellular fluid of red blood cells, but because the membranes of the blood cells are permeable to urea. Urea enters the cell at a much more rapid rate than other permeable solutes (because of the steep concentration gradient) and the cell fills to it bursts.
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∙ 10y agoThe red blood cell is permeable to urea so urea will enter the cell down its concentration gradient. This will create an osmotic gradient and so water will also flow into the red blood cell causing it to swell and possibly burst if enough water enters.
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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 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 if you placed an human red blood cell in a hypotonic environment?
hypotonic solution will cause the blood cell to swell up and maybe lyse or be destroyed. Hypotonic solution contains low solute and high water concentration. To reach equilibrium or blanace the difference in the cell and out side of the cell water will move in to make the solute in the cell equal the solute outside the cell
Why human cell burst?
If you put a cell in a hypotonic environment, such as a blood cell in water, it will swell up due to osmosis and lyse.
What type of solution will lyse protoplast?
A hypotonic solution.
Would hypertonic or hypotonic blood serum cause hemolysis?
If a cell is placed into a hypotonic solution, the water will flow into the cell causing it to swell and possibly lyse. If a cell is placed into a hypertonic solution, the water will flow out of the cell causing it to crenate. So hemolysis occurs when the red blood cells lyse.
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.
A plant cell placed in a hypotonic solution will not lyse because?
The cell wall prevents the plant cell from bursting.
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 could you do to reduce interference from red blood cells?
Mix the blood in a hypotonic solution, which will cause the RBCs to lyse.
Is isotonic better than hypotonic and hypertonic?
Yes if you are speaking about use with blood. An isotonic solution has the same concentration of specific elements as you blood preventing cellular damage. If you used a hypertonic solution all the water would leave the cell and it would crenate. If you use a hypotonic solution water would move into the cell quickly and the cell would burst (lyse).
What would happen if you placed an human red blood cell in a hypotonic environment?
hypotonic solution will cause the blood cell to swell up and maybe lyse or be destroyed. Hypotonic solution contains low solute and high water concentration. To reach equilibrium or blanace the difference in the cell and out side of the cell water will move in to make the solute in the cell equal the solute outside the cell
A cell would plump with water and possibly lyse in what solutions?
hypotonic solution
Why human cell burst?
If you put a cell in a hypotonic environment, such as a blood cell in water, it will swell up due to osmosis and lyse.
What happens when normal Red blood Cells are placed in hypotonic solution?
Hypotonic means that the concentration gradient is lower than what ever your comparing it to (in this case a red blood cell) since the net movement of solute goes from high to low concentration gradient solutes will move out of the red blood cell causing water to go into the cell. This will cause the cell to swell up and eventually Lyse.
What type of solution will lyse protoplast?
A hypotonic solution.
Which type of cell may burst if it becomes hypotonic?
Animal cells will burst (lyse) first in a hypotonic solution because they lack a cell wall.
