What type of solution will prevent crenation or hemolysis of red blood cells?
Table of Contents
- 1 What type of solution will prevent crenation or hemolysis of red blood cells?
- 2 What could potentially happen to a red blood cell when placed in a hypotonic solution with a large gradient?
- 3 What happens to red blood cells placed in 5\% glucose solution?
- 4 What happens when a cell is placed in a hypotonic solution Class 12?
- 5 When a red blood cell is placed in a hypotonic solution Which of the following will occur?
What type of solution will prevent crenation or hemolysis of red blood cells?
A red blood cell placed in a hypotonic solution will swell and potentially burst in a process called hemolysis. To prevent crenation or hemolysis, a cell must be placed in an isotonic solution such as 0.9\% (m/v) NaCl or 5.0\% (m/v) glucose.
When a red blood cell is placed in a hypertonic solution which will occur?
When placed in a hypertonic solution, a red blood cell will lose water and undergo crenation (shrivel). Animal cells tend to do best in an isotonic environment, where the flow of water in and out of the cell is occurring at equal rates.
What could potentially happen to a red blood cell when placed in a hypotonic solution with a large gradient?
A red blood cell undergoes hemolysis in a hypotonic solution because water moves from the solution into the cell, causing the cell to swell and then burst.
Which of the following solutions would cause a cell to go through hemolysis if the cell were placed in it?
When subjected to hypertonic media (e.g. 1.8\% NaCl), the cells lose their normal biconcave shape, undergoing collapse (leading to crenation) due to the rapid osmotic efflux of water.
What happens to red blood cells placed in 5\% glucose solution?
A 5\% glucose is isotonic with red blood cells. Hence, the solute concentrations in glucose as well as red blood cells is same.
Is a red blood cell hypotonic or hypertonic?
Hypotonic solutions have more water than a cell. Tapwater and pure water are hypotonic. A single animal cell ( like a red blood cell) placed in a hypotonic solution will fill up with water and then burst.
What happens when a cell is placed in a hypotonic solution Class 12?
If a cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, the water enters into the cell from our side which will lead to swelling of the cell. In this case, water moves from lower concentration to higher concentration through a membrane. The process by which water moves from the outer cell area into the cell is called osmosis.
What is happening to the cells placed into various solutions?
What is happening to the cells placed into various solutions? The cells exchange water with the solutions based on tonicity because the cells have selectively permeable membranes.