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andrew-mc [135]
3 years ago
8

Human blood is 90% water and 10% solute. What would happen if you gave

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1 answer:
olganol [36]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

When a person receives fluids intravenously (through an IV bag, for example), a saline solution is sometime used. Giving large amounts of pure water directly into a vein would cause your blood cells to become hypotonic, possibly leading to death.

Explanation:

The answer is B: It swells.

A hypotonic solution has a lower concentration of solutes than another solution. In biology, a solution outside of a cell is called hypotonic if it has a lower concentration of solutes relative to the cytosol. Due to osmotic pressure, water diffuses into the cell, and the cell often appears turgid, or bloated.

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