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A hypotonic solution may be characterised by which of the following

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A hypotonic solution may be characterised by which of the following?

  1. a solution whose osmolarity is greater than that of blood.
  2. one that causes red blood cells to crenate.
  3. a solution within the range 280–300 mosmol/L
  4. one that causes a net water movement into red blood cells.
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saraalalwane
2022-09-11
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D: “hypo” means less concentrated than the solution inside a rbc.

This in turn means that the concentration of water molecules is greater outside

the cell than inside. So there will be a net water flow by osmosis into the rbc.

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