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If a red blood cell (rbc) is placed in a solution that has a greater concentration than that inside the rbc, what will happen

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If a red blood cell (rbc) is placed in a solution that has a greater concentration

than that inside the rbc, what will happen?

  1. the rbc will crenate
  2. the rbc will haemolyse
  3. there will be a net movement of water out of the rbc into the solution
  4. there will be no net movement of water out of the rbc
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saraalalwane
2022-09-11
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C: water will flow by osmosis from the rbc into the surrounding solution.

If the difference in concentration is large enough, the outflow of water will be large, and the rbc will also shrivel (crenate) as a result of this outflow.

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