A red blood cell is placed in distilled water. Explain what happens to the red blood cell.

      

A red blood cell is placed in distilled water. Explain what happens to the red blood cell.

  

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Faith
The cytoplasm of the red blood cell contains dissolved salts and sugars. Since the cytoplasm of the red blood cell has a higher concentration than the distilled water, there is net flow of water into the cell by osmosis. The cell would swell up and eventually burst. The bursting of a red blood cell is known as haemolysis.

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Red blood cells absorb water by osmosis;they swell the cell membrane bursts/cell haemolysed.
Faimus answered the question on December 4, 2017 at 15:51


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