what will happen if RBC are kept in 10% glucose solution.explain the reason also
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If red blood cells are placed in a solution containing 10% of glucose, they will shrink.
Reason:
A solution containing 10% of glucose is a hyper tonic solution which means the solute concentration. When red blood cells added in such solution the water will move from lower concentration of solute (red blood cells) to the region of high solute concentration (water) and eventually shrinks.
When Red blood cells are added to a 10% glucose solution, the cell shrinks. This is because a 10% glucose solution is a hypertonic solution which means it has a high solute concentration.
When RBC's are dropped in a solution like this a process called as osmosis takes place which makes the water inside the cells to flow out thereby shrinking the entire cell.
Hence it is always advisable to dilute blood using buffer so that it doesn't lose.