Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2014
A blood drop has been put into a test tube with 0,3% solution of NaCl. What will happen to erythrocytes?
Answer options
- Biological haemolysis
- Osmotic haemolysis
- Mechanical haemolysis
- Any changes will be observed
- Shrinkage
Correct answer
Osmotic haemolysis
Explanation
When the red blood cell has been subjected to a hypotonic solution it undergoes osmosis. this causes stress to the RBC cell wall, making it to rupture.
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