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Crenation is the loss of water from an animal cell due to osmosis. Lysis is the rupture of the cell wall due to too much water moving into an animal cell due to osmosis. Both crenation and lysis have drastic effects on the animal cell. Crenation is the equivalent of flaccid plant cells and lysis is the equivalent of turgid for plant cells. The key difference between lysis and turgid is that plants have a cellulose cell wall so do not rupture or burst the cell wall like animal cells with lysis do.

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Crenation occurs when blood is placed in a?

hypertonic solution


What solution causes crenation of the red blood cell?

In a hypotonic solution, red blood cells swell and undergo hemolysis, while in a hypertonic solution, they lose water and undergo crenation.


What is an example of Crenation?

An example of crenation is when red blood cells lose water and shrink in a hypertonic solution, such as saltwater. This causes the cells to have a scalloped appearance due to the contraction of the cell membrane.


What will most likely occur when a cell is placed into a saline solution that has a higher salt concentration than the cell?

Water will flow out of the cell and the cell will shrivel in a process called crenation.


Would red blood cells exhibit hemolysis or crenation in a 5.0 percent solution of glucose?

Red blood cells would exhibit crenation in a 5.0 percent solution of glucose. This is because the solution has a higher solute concentration than the cytoplasm of red blood cells, leading to water leaving the cells causing them to shrink and exhibit crenation.


Examples of crenation?

Crenation occurs when animal cells are exposed to a hypertonic solution, causing shrinkage, distortion, and often leave a scalloped appearance to the edge of the cell. A common reason for crenation in red blood cells is dehydration. It is also seen when pickling and salt-curing foods.


Will a 2 percent solution of sodium chloride cause crenation or hemolysis of a red blood cell?

A 2 percent solution of sodium chloride is considered isotonic to red blood cells, meaning it will not cause crenation (shriveling) or hemolysis (bursting). Isotonic solutions have the same osmotic pressure as red blood cells, allowing for equilibrium and maintaining cell integrity.


Does crenation take place when a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution?

Yes, crenation occurs when a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution. In this situation, water moves out of the cell due to the higher solute concentration outside the cell, causing the cell to shrink and develop a wrinkled appearance.


What is condition of a cell in which cell contents are shrunken called?

The condition of a cell in which the cell contents are shrunken is called crenation. Crenation occurs when a cell loses water and shrinks due to exposure to a hypertonic solution, causing the cell membrane to pull away from the cell wall.


Is H2O hemolysis or crenation?

Crenation is the contraction of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis.Hemolysis is the breakdown of red blood cells.


Crenation occurs when a blood cell is placed in a?

hypertonic solution, causing water to leave the cell and causing it to shrink and become distorted in shape.


What is the shrinking of a cell called?

A plasmolysis solution is the opposite of a hypotonic solution because in a plasmolysis solution the cell will shrink due to the little amount of water outside the cell and the greater amount of water inside the cell. A plasmolysis solution only occurs in plant cells.