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The water salts and sugars will match the water concentration within the blood cell, therefore water does not enter or leave the cell, resulting in the cell not swelling.
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∙ 13y agoIt Keeps Them From Swelling Because Of the The Things That Are In The Sugars And Salts.
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How do salts and sugars work to preserve food?
By creating a hypertonic environment. The bacteria/fungi will not be able to reproduce, because the salt/sugar will take the water out of the organism.
What help to restore homeostasis in someone with water intoxication?
The reabsorption of salts and ions into the blood after passing through the kidneys.
What is the meaning of the word sap?
noun; the fluid, chiefly water with dissolved sugars and mineral salts, that circulates in the vascular system of a plant.
Which is a waste product carried away from your cells by the cardiovascular system?
There are a number of waste products carried by the blood and then to the skin, lungs and kidneys. Kidneys: urine, excess water and salts. Lungs: carbon dioxide and a small amount of water. Skin: Excess water and salts.
What is carried in the xylem and phloem?
Water and Sugars!!
How does water become saline?
When it dissolves any salts or sugars it becomes salinated.
What is blood plasma composed of blood and water or water and salts?
Blood plasma is the component of blood without cells. It's made up of water, salts, and other chemicals such as proteins.
stores water, salts?
A vacuole is a membrane-bound sac that contains water and other substances. You can think of it as the refrigerator of the cell because it stores salts, carbohydrates, sugars, and water.
What would happen to blood volume and blood pressure if water and salts were not reabsorbed?
since there were no enough water and salts reabsored, there woulnd't be enough blood volume, and blood pressure will be decreased.
Are there anhydrous salts in your body?
In the body salts are dissolved in water, blood etc.
What if membranes were made of salts and sugars?
Then they would disolve in water, and would be useless in conjunction with aqueous solutions.
Which plant organelles functions as storage areas for water sugars salts pigments and toxic substances?
Vacuoles
Can high blood sugars cause diluted urine?
Yes - the sugars act as a diuretic in the kidneys and draw water out of the blood.
Swelling of a blood clot as water is pulled into the clot?
The fibrin fibres of clot absorbs water and results in swelling of clot.
Do acids combine with bases to form sugars?
NO, Acid and Bases react with each other to form salts and water
Why ORS is given to person suffering from diarrhoea?
because it recovers the lost water and salts and sugars through faeces.
What medication is used to rehydrate the body intravenously?
Usually a saline drip - which is basically water, with salts and sugars added.
