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question ① an injection of a concentrated salt solution into the circulatory system would result in
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hemolysis of the red blood cells
crenation of the red blood cells
a slight increase in cellular volume
little or no effect on the red blood cells
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To solve this, we analyze osmosis. A concentrated salt solution has a higher solute concentration (hypertonic) than red blood cells' cytoplasm. In hypertonic conditions, water moves out of cells (osmosis) to balance solute concentrations, causing cells to shrink (crenation). Hemolysis is cell bursting (hypotonic), volume increase is hypotonic, and no effect is isotonic. A concentrated salt solution is hypertonic, so crenation occurs.
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B. crenation of the red blood cells