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a lytic virus
All viruses cause cells to burst. First a virus disguises itself as a component a cell might require thus giving the virus access to the cell. The virus takes control of the cell and injects its genetic material into the cell. The virus then has the cell produce exact copies of the virus. In a few hours there are too many viruses for the cell to hold resulting in the burst of the cell.
Agnes Bogan
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∙ 11y agoOne common reason for bursting is an imbalance in solutes such as sodium or potassium causing an osmotic pressure imbalance whereby the solvent water flows into the cell causing the cell to expand and burst. This is called a hypotonic condition.
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∙ 13y agotoo much water molecules, tend to make it burst
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∙ 9y agoOne cause for blood cells to burst could be a severe reaction to blood transfusions. Another cause could be an inherited disorder affecting the hemoglobin or prescription medication.
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∙ 11y agowell............... Cells burst when they have a lot have waste that is overfilling, or they have died
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∙ 12y agoIt is called hemolysis.
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How is a cell affected if it looses the ability to be selectively permeable?
It will burst. It is selectively permeable to ensure that only the material that is required in the cell is able to enter it, if it looses the ability to to be selectively permeable then difusion will occur and the cell with try to be equal to the outside pressure, which will likely cause the cell to burst.
What happens when plants get to much water?
It would cause the vacoules and the cell membraine to fill up so much it would literally burst
What is an ischemic cell?
an ischemic cell is a cell that is deprived of o2 and there forth has switched from aerobic metabolism to anaerobic . eventually this will cause the cell to burst because the ATP production is not sufficient to maintain the cell environment
An animal cell that is surrounded by fresh water will burst because the osmosis pressure causes?
An animal cell that is surrounded by fresh water will burst because the osmotic pressure causesAn animal cell that is surrounded by fresh water will burst because the osmosis pressure causes the cytoplasm is hypertonic where it will absorb water hence swells leading it to 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 may cause a cell to burst?
sickness
How do viruses leave the host cell?
They cause the cell to burst. This is called lysis.
How does the freezing method affect the cell?
Any freezing will cause a cell to burst and die.
What happens if to much water is in a cell?
Too much water inside a cell will cause it to burst.
Why plant cell does not burst if placed constantly in hypotonic solution?
well the cell walls prevent the cell from expanding but it does cause little damage to the cell wall
What is the word that means that a cell swells and burst?
When a cell swells and burst
What might happen if the amount of water entering and leaving the cell were not controlled will the cell swell or shrink?
The cell membrane and all its organelles would burst.
Would red blood cells burst when placed in fresh water?
Yes - this is because there is a higher solute concentration inside the cell, so there will be a net movement of water into the cell (trying to reach equilibrium). This will eventually cause the cell to burst.
How is a cell affected if it looses the ability to be selectively permeable?
It will burst. It is selectively permeable to ensure that only the material that is required in the cell is able to enter it, if it looses the ability to to be selectively permeable then difusion will occur and the cell with try to be equal to the outside pressure, which will likely cause the cell to burst.
What happens when plants get to much water?
It would cause the vacoules and the cell membraine to fill up so much it would literally burst
What is an ischemic cell?
an ischemic cell is a cell that is deprived of o2 and there forth has switched from aerobic metabolism to anaerobic . eventually this will cause the cell to burst because the ATP production is not sufficient to maintain the cell environment
An animal cell that is surrounded by fresh water will burst because the osmosis pressure causes?
An animal cell that is surrounded by fresh water will burst because the osmotic pressure causesAn animal cell that is surrounded by fresh water will burst because the osmosis pressure causes the cytoplasm is hypertonic where it will absorb water hence swells leading it to burst.
