The bursting of a red blood cell placed in a hypotonic solution is called
- crenation
-
haemolysis
- plasmolysis
- cytolysis
The correct answer is: B
Explanation
The bursting of a red blood cell placed in a hypotonic solution is called haemolysis.
A hypotonic solution has a lower solute concentration than the cell's contents. When a red blood cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, water moves into the cell.This causes the cell to swell and eventually burst.The process of a cell swelling and bursting is called haemolysis.
- Isotonic: An environment where the flow of water in and out of a cell is equal.
- Osmosis: The movement of water across a semipermeable membrane. Osmosis is important in maintaining homeostasis, which is the tendency of systems toward a relatively stable dynamic equilibrium.
- Crenation: The process of a red blood cell shrinking in size when placed in a hypertonic solution.