What will happen and why to the size and or integrity of a s
What will happen and why to the size and or integrity of a sheep red blood cell when placed in an isosmotic solution? Please be specific in explanation. For animal physiology class.
Solution
The RBC burusts after sometime and forms ghost cell. Whenever the RBC cell placed in isosmotic solution (solution with same osmatic pressure) as they contain penetrating solutes that can enter and increase the osmotic pressure of the cell. When the osmotic pressure of the cell increases causing the cell to absorb water from the medium, this may have an effect on the cell so that it may burst finally.
Steps:
RBC cells in isosmotic solution
Solutes enters in to RBC
RBC becomes hypertonic
Now the outer solution would be hypotonic
The solvent moves from outside to RBC
Which leads to haemolysis
