In a certain experiment, the following observation was made: When red blood cell was placed in a certain solution, the solution exerted more osmotic pressure leading to...

      

In a certain experiment, the following observation was made:
When red blood cell was placed in a certain solution, the solution exerted more osmotic pressure
leading to the cell losing water molecules to become crenated/ shrunk.
(a) What type of solution was the cell placed in respect to the cell’s cytoplasm?
(b) By which physiological process did the cell lose water molecules?

  

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sharon
(a) Hypertonic solution;
(b) Osmosis;
sharon kalunda answered the question on May 22, 2019 at 09:13


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