9% NaCl is a hypertonic saline solution. Red blood cells will appear to shrink as they lose water out of the cell membrane and into the saline solution.
Since a 9% saline solution is hypertonic as compared to the cell, it would crenate (crush or shrink).
What will happen to a red blood cell that is placed in a solution of 90 percent water and 10 percent salt is that the salt will decrease in volume due to osmosis. Meanwhile the water will enter the red blood cell, making it swell up.
When red blood cells are placed in a 9.0 percent NaCl (salt) solution, they will shrink and shrivel up due to the higher salt concentration outside the cell compared to inside. This process is called plasmolysis, and the cells will appear crenated or wrinkled under a microscope.
The distilled water is a hypotonic environment.
5.72 million red blood cells per microliter (mcL) of blood for men and 5.03 million per mcL for women. In healthy men, 41 percent to 50 percent of blood is red blood cells. In healthy women, 35 percent to 46 percent is red blood cells
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red blood cells are erythrocytes while white blood cells are lymphocytes.
The scientific term for the appearance of elodea cells when placed in a hypotonic solution is turgid. This occurs when water moves into the cell causing it to swell and become firm.
they are spherical in shape