Question

A friend goes to get a blood transfusion. Blood cells are 95% water. You notice the nurse hanging a bag of 60% glucose to inject into your friend instead of blood. You yell “stop!” What did you think would happen to your friend’s blood cells if they were transfused with the sugar water instead of blood?

a. they would plasmolyze
b. they would crenate
c. they would lyse
d. they would become isotonic

Answer 1

By infusing glucose, the blood will become hypertonic and will lead to the plasmolysis of the cell, as the water will start moving from the cell to the outside to adjust tonicity. The correct option is a.

What is tonicity?

Tonicity is a solution's ability to change the volume of cells by changing their water content. When water enters a cell, it can cause hypotonicity or hypertonicity when it exits the cell.

It can be either hypertonic, hypotonic, or isotonic solution.

In the given scenario, by adding glucose in place of blood the solution will become hypertonic which leads to the movement of water out of the cell means plasmolysis.

Thus, the correct option is a.

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