KROK 1 2014 – Question 171 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
A blood drop has been put into a test tube with 0.3% solution of NaCl. What will happen to erythrocytes?
- A. Biological haemolysis
- B. Mechanical haemolysis
- C. Any changes will be observed
- D. Osmotic haemolysis
- E. Shrinkage
Hint
Compare the tonicity of this solution with that of plasma and think about which way water moves across the red cell membrane.
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