Question

What will happen to the RBCs of a patient’s blood if a concentrated salt solution is

administered to his/her veins ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Osmosis is the physo-chemical process resulted from pressure differences.

Example of this principle is found on physiology on the celebrated Fick's law. Further, cells in general use this physical phenomenon for transporting important molecules in and out of the cells in what is named passive transport, no energy is demanded, no proteins is used for the job.

In the scheme below, mass will go from the high concentration side, left, to low concentration, right. It will go on until the concentrations will meet.

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