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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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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?

Placed in a hypertonic solution with a higher solute concentration than inside the cell, causing water to leave the cell and the cell to shrink and shrivel.


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.


Is ocean water hypotonic or hypertonic?

Hypertonic. The concentration of dissolved salts is higher in ocean water than in human cells.


What solution is hypertonic?

A solution on which the concentration of solutes is greater than that of the cell that resided on the solutionIn healthcare you will often hear the words iso- and hypertonic solutions. A third option the "hypotonic" solution is also a possbility.As many people will know, the human blood contains both sodium, potassium, chloride salts. In healthcare a solution will be hypertonic when the amount of salts in it exceeds that of human blood. It will be isotonic (iso meaning "same") when the amount of salts are comparable to that of blood. Finally the solution will be considered hypotonic when the amount of salts present in the solution is less than that of blood.Hypertonic: More concentratedIsotonic: Just as concentratedHypotonic: Less as concentrated.


Describe the action of hypertonic solution in human body?

Hypertonic solution is a solution that's concentration is higher than the eukaryotic cell that is placed in ....it is normally used in situations where you need to show diffusion or osmosis out of the cell ...


What color is blood that is not exposed to oxygen?

Human blood has red color when oxygenated which is mainly because of red blood cells. Its color changes to purple when present in oxygen deprived circumstances. To restore the color the blood has to be placed in oxygen rich environment.


Ocean water is hypertonic to the internal environment of the body predict what would happen to an individual who consumes large quantities of ocean water?

If you drink ocean water when your dehydrated it makes you even more so. In a hypertonic solution water moves out of the cells because the the particles want to have equal concentration gradients. Since a hypertonic solution has a high concentration of solutes in it it makes sense for the water from a cell to move out so that the environment in the cell and environment outside both have the same concentration of solutes. Human cells shrivel in a hypertonic solution, this kills the cells and can therefore kills you if enough cells can't function. answer: the indivdual dies


Why transfusion fluids are made isotonic with blood plasma?

Expand blood volume to help a fluid deficit. Isotonic is used because they don't move water in or out of the cell- meaning they are most compatible with human blood as opposed to hypertonic and hypotonic solutions.


What will happen to human red blood cells if they are placed in the ringer solution?

If human red blood cells are placed in a Ringer solution, which is an isotonic solution, they will maintain their normal shape and structure. The osmotic balance between the solution and the cells will prevent any swelling or shrinking of the red blood cells.


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


How many km of blood vessels are there in the human body?

There are more than 100,000 km of blood vessels in the human body, enough to encircle the earth 2 1/2 times if they could be placed end-to-end.