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Hypotonic means that the solution has a lower solute concentration than the concentration inside the cell.
Therefore, water is drawn into the cell along the osmotic gradient.
The cell swells up. Eventually, it causes lysis of the cell (the cell explodes) when there is too much extra water in the cell.
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A plant cell placed in a hypotonic solution will not lyse because?
The cell wall prevents the plant cell from bursting.
A cell would plump with water and possibly lyse in what solutions?
hypotonic solution
How does a plant cell fight osmosis in a hypotonic solution?
Osmosis is the diffusion of water - and a hypotonic solution means it expands. a plant cell sap has a lower water potential causing the water to enter the cell - it does not fight osmosis, it works with it.
How does osmosis diffusion hypotonic hypertonic and isotonic solutions relate to the cell?
osmosis is the diffusion of water across a membrane. Regualtes cells osmotic pressure. diffusion- simply means that a substance travels down its concentration gradient to areas of lower solute concentration. Osmosis is a type of diffusion. hypotonic solution: if a cell is placed in an hypotonic solution (a solution with less solute concentration) the cell will swell (and eventually lyse) as water rushes into it to dilute the hypertonic environment in the cell. hypertonic solution: if a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution thecell will shrivel up as water leaves it to dilute the higher solute concentration outside of the cell.
What is it called when animal cells burst?
When animal cells burst it's called lysis.
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.
What type of solution will lyse protoplast?
A hypotonic solution.
A plant cell placed in a hypotonic solution will not lyse because?
The cell wall prevents the plant cell from bursting.
A cell would plump with water and possibly lyse in what solutions?
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.
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 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.
How does a plant cell fight osmosis in a hypotonic solution?
Osmosis is the diffusion of water - and a hypotonic solution means it expands. a plant cell sap has a lower water potential causing the water to enter the cell - it does not fight osmosis, it works with it.
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 does osmosis diffusion hypotonic hypertonic and isotonic solutions relate to the cell?
osmosis is the diffusion of water across a membrane. Regualtes cells osmotic pressure. diffusion- simply means that a substance travels down its concentration gradient to areas of lower solute concentration. Osmosis is a type of diffusion. hypotonic solution: if a cell is placed in an hypotonic solution (a solution with less solute concentration) the cell will swell (and eventually lyse) as water rushes into it to dilute the hypertonic environment in the cell. hypertonic solution: if a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution thecell will shrivel up as water leaves it to dilute the higher solute concentration outside of the cell.
What is it called when animal cells burst?
When animal cells burst it's called lysis.
