MCQ
If kept in 0.8% NaCl, RBCs will:
- AShrink
- BRemain same
- CBurst
- DNone of the above
Explanation:
The solution of salt or salts that is essentially isotonic with tissue fluids or blood, is physiological saline.
0.8% salt solution is physiological saline and is thus, isotonic.
In isotonic solutions, the cells remain the same as the osmotic pressure outside the RBC is same as the pressure inside the cells.
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