Therefore, plant cells swell n a hypotonic solution but will not burst. Hypotonic solutions are ideal for plants and they are the reason why plants are watered with pure water. In an isotonic solution, water flows into and out of the cell at the same rate, and so there is no change to...
Isotonic solutions, where there is an equal concentration of solute in the cell and the solution, are usually used in medicine. However, some cases call for a hypotonic solution. During diabetic ketoacidosis, the patient can become severely dehydrated, and a 0.45% saline solution is administered ...
In animal cells, the equivalent condition of plant plasmolysis is crenation. In Figure 1, notice how the red blood cells lose water as water molecules diffuse down the concentration gradient. Hypotonic Solution vs Isotonic Solution When a solution has a lower solute concentration than the solution...
Saline solution is categorized as a‘Crystalloid solution’meant for intravenous administration. Crystalloid solutions are fluids composed of water-soluble electrolytes and do not contain proteins or any other insoluble component, and are meant for intravenous administration. Very specifically, crystalloid flu...
Patients with bicarbonate loss and metabolic acidosis, as occur frequently in diarrhea, should receive intravenous bicarbonate, either an isotonic solution (150 meq of Na+-HCO3– in 5% dextrose) or a more hypotonic bicarbonate solution in dextrose or dilute saline. Patients with severe hemorrhage or...
A same concentration solution is said to be isotonic compared to the cell cytoplasm. If the solute concentration in a solution is less than 0.92%, water will move from the solution into cells as the cells have the higher concentration of solute. Solutions with lower solute concentration are ...
Osmosis involves molecules present in solutions with very little solute content and are involved with making those solutes travel towards another solution that contains higher number of solutes. Molecules travel through a cell membrane that allows only a few substances to pass through it (rather than...
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An example of a hypertonic solution is the interior of a red blood cell compared with the solute concentration of fresh water. When two solutions are in contact, solute or solvent moves until the solutions reach equilibrium and become isotonic with respect to each other. ...