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Module 4:
Cell Physiology
Day 1 of 5
Diffusion Animation
Osmosis Animation
b.
Oxygen 1.2%
Carbon dioxide 0.1%
Oxygen 0.4%
Carbon dioxide 0.8%
3.
Less water in
your blood
cells
b. Examples of osmosis:
i. A blood cell has the same
concentration of water and salt as
saline solution. A doctor who failed
high school biology and did not listen to
the attending nurse used a injection full
More water
of distilled water (100% water). What
in injection
will happen to the blood cells
surrounded by the distilled water? (Hint:
You will feel excruciating pain.) Explain.
water
Answer:
Water will move into the cell through the
process of osmosis, causing the cell to swell
and possibly burst.
Fish Cell
More water wate
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Exit Ticket
1) What happens to a cell with 75% salt