Osmosis and animal cells

Cards (6)

  • what doesn’t have to be considered in animal cells because they have no cell wall?
    pressure potential doesn’t have to be considered
  • what is the water and solute potential in animal cells?
    water potential = solute potential
  • whats haemolysis?
    the destruction of red blood cells
  • what happens if red blood cells are in hypotonic solutions?
    they burst
  • what happens if red blood cells are in a isotonic solution?
    they stay the same
  • what happens if red blood cells are in hypertonic solutions?
    they shrink