The volume of a red blood cell placed in a 0.9 Osm saline solution will a) increase or b) decrease?

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I think that it would increase, since normal plasma osmolarity is said to be 0.3 Osm, meaning that water would move into the cell and increase the volume. However, this is a question from a text book (Human Physiology by Fox) and the answer given is decrease, but I cannot find an exact example explaining the answer.


Answer
Ashley,
The red blood cells will shrink in size, thereby reducing their volumes.
This is because the 0.9 Osm external environment in which they
are placed has higher salt concentration (hyper-tonicity) than
their own internal environment.
Therefore the answer is (b) decrease.

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