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Chapter 3 Part A
Cells:
The Living
Units
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Why This Matters
• Understanding the structure of the body’s cells
explains why the permeability of the plasma
membrane can affect treatment
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Video: Why This Matters
3.1 Cells: The Living Units
• Cell theory
– A cell is the structural and functional unit of life
– How well the entire organism functions depends
on individual and combined activities of all of its
cells
– Structure and function are complementary
• Biochemical functions of cells are dictated by shape of
cell and specific subcellular structures
– Continuity of life has cellular basis
• Cells can arise only from other preexisting cells
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3.1 Cells: The Living Units
• Cell diversity
– Over 200 different types of human cells
– Types differ in size, shape, and subcellular
components; these differences lead to
differences in functions
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Figure 3.1 Cell diversity.
Erythrocytes
Fibroblasts
Epithelial cells
Skeletal
muscle
cell
Smooth
muscle cells
Nerve cell
Macrophage
Fat cell
Sperm
Cell of reproduction
Cell that stores
nutrients
Cells that connect body parts, form linings,
or transport gases
Cells that move organs and body parts
Cell that gathers information and controls
body functions
Cell that fights
disease
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3.1 Cells: The Living Units
• Generalized cell
– All cells have some common structures and
functions
– Human cells have three basic parts:
1. Plasma membrane: flexible outer boundary
2. Cytoplasm: intracellular fluid containing organelles
3. Nucleus: DNA containing control center
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Figure 3.2 Structure of the generalized cell.
Chromatin
Smooth endoplasmicreticulum
Nucleolus
Mitochondrion
Lysosome
Centrioles
Centrosomematrix
Peroxisome
Secretion beingreleased from cellby exocytosis
Golgi apparatus
Ribosomes
Roughendoplasmicreticulum
Nuclear envelope
Nucleus
Plasmamembrane
Cytoplasm
Cytoskeletalelements
• Microtubule
• Intermediatefilaments
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Extracellular Materials
• Substances found outside cells
• Classes of extracellular materials include:
– Extracellular fluids (body fluids), such as:
• Interstitial fluid: cells are submersed (bathed) in this
fluid
• Blood plasma: fluid of the blood
• Cerebrospinal fluid: fluid surrounding nervous system
organs
– Cellular secretions (e.g., saliva, mucus)
– Extracellular matrix: substance that acts as glue
to hold cells together
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Part 1 – Plasma Membrane
• Acts as an active barrier separating
intracellular fluid (ICF) from extracellular
fluid (ECF)
• Plays dynamic role in cellular activity by
controlling what enters and what leaves cell
• Also known as the “cell membrane”
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3.2 Structure of Plasma Membrane
• Consists of membrane lipids that form a
flexible lipid bilayer
• Specialized membrane proteins float through
this fluid membrane, resulting in constantly
changing patterns
– Referred to as fluid mosaic (made up of many
pieces) pattern
• Surface sugars form glycocalyx
• Membrane structures help to hold cells together
through cell junctions
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Figure 3.3 The plasma membrane.
Extracellular fluid(watery environmentoutside cell)
Cholesterol
Glycolipid GlycoproteinPolar head of phospholipid molecule
Nonpolar tail of phospholipid moleculeGlycocalyx
(carbohydrates)
Lipid bilayer
containing proteins
Outward-facing
layer of
phospholipids
Inward-facing layer
of phospholipids
Filament of cytoskeleton
Peripheral proteins
Integral proteins
Cytoplasm (watery environmentinside cell)
Functions of the
Plasma Membrane:
• Mechanical barrier: Separates two
of the body’s fluid compartments.
• Selective permeability: Determines
manner in which substances enteror exit the cell.
• Electrochemical gradient:
Generates and helps to maintain
the electrochemical gradient requiredfor muscle and neuron function.
• Communication: Allows cell-to-cell recognition
(e.g., of egg by sperm) and interaction.
• Cell signaling: Plasma membrane proteins
interact with specific chemical messengersand relay messages to the cell interior.
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Animation: Membrane Structure
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Membrane Lipids
• Lipid bilayer is made up of:
– 75% phospholipids, which consist of two parts:
• Phosphate heads: are polar (charged), so are
hydrophilic (water-loving)
• Fatty acid tails: are nonpolar (no charge), so are
hydrophobic (water-hating)
– 5% glycolipids
• Lipids with sugar groups on outer membrane surface
– 20% cholesterol
• Increases membrane stability
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Membrane Proteins
• Allow cell communication with environment
• Make up about half the mass of plasma
membrane
• Most have specialized membrane functions
• Some float freely, and some are tethered to
intracellular structures
• Two types:
– Integral proteins; peripheral proteins
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Membrane Proteins (cont.)
• Integral proteins
– Firmly inserted into membrane
– Most are transmembrane proteins (span
membrane)
– Have both hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions
• Hydrophobic areas interact with lipid tails
• Hydrophilic areas interact with water
– Function as transport proteins (channels and
carriers), enzymes, or receptors
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Membrane Proteins (cont.)
• Peripheral proteins
– Loosely attached to integral proteins
– Include filaments on intracellular surface used for
plasma membrane support
– Function as:
• Enzymes
• Motor proteins for shape change during cell division
and muscle contraction
• Cell-to-cell connections
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Figure 3.4 Membrane proteins perform many tasks.
• A protein (left) that spans the membrane may provide a hydrophilic channel across the membrane that is selective for a particular solute.
• Some transport proteins (right) hydrolyze ATP as an energy source to actively pump substances across the membrane.
• A membrane protein exposed to the outside of the cell may have a binding site that fits the shape of a specific chemical messenger, such as a hormone.
• When bound, the chemical messengermay cause a change in shape in theprotein that initiates a chain of chemicalreactions in the cell.
• Elements of the cytoskeleton (cell’s internal supports) and the extracellular matrix (fibers and other substances outside the cell) may anchor to membrane proteins, which helps maintain cell shape and fix the location of certain membrane proteins.
• Others play a role in cell movement or bind adjacent cells together.
• A membrane protein may be an enzyme with its active site exposed to substancesin the adjacent solution.
• A team of several enzymes in a membrane may catalyze sequential steps of ametabolic pathway as indicated (left toright) here.
• Membrane proteins of adjacent cells may be hooked together in various kinds of intercellular junctions.
• Some membrane proteins (cell adhesion molecules or CAMs) of this group provide temporary binding sites that guide cell migration and other cell-to-cellinteractions.
• Some glycoproteins (proteins bonded to short chains of sugars which help to makeup the glycocalyx) serve as identificationtags that are specifically recognized by other cells.
Intercellular joining
Cell-cell recognitionAttachment to the cytoskeletonand extracellular matrix
Receptors for signal transduction
Transport Enzymatic activity
Glycoprotein
CAMs
Enzymes
ATP
Signal
Receptor
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Figure 3.4a Membrane proteins perform many tasks.
Transport
• A protein (left) that spans the membrane may provide a hydrophilic channel across the membrane that is selective for a particular solute.
• Some transport proteins (right) hydrolyze ATP as an energy source to actively pump substances across the membrane.
ATP
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Animation: Transport Proteins
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Figure 3.4b Membrane proteins perform many tasks.
Receptors for signal transduction
• A membrane protein exposed to the outside of the cell may have a binding site that fits the shape of a specific chemical messenger, such as a hormone.
• When bound, the chemical messengermay cause a change in shape in theprotein that initiates a chain of chemicalreactions in the cell.
Signal
Receptor
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Animation: Receptor Proteins
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Figure 3.4c Membrane proteins perform many tasks.
• Elements of the cytoskeleton (cell’s internal supports) and the extracellular matrix (fibers and other substances outside the cell) may anchor to membrane proteins, which helps maintain cell shape and fix the location of certain membrane proteins.
• Others play a role in cell movement or bind
adjacent cells together.
Attachment to the cytoskeletonand extracellular matrix
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Animation: Structural Proteins
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Figure 3.4d Membrane proteins perform many tasks.
Enzymatic activity
• A membrane protein may be an enzyme
with its active site exposed to substances
in the adjacent solution. • A team of several enzymes in a membrane
may catalyze sequential steps of ametabolic pathway as indicated (left toright) here.
Enzymes
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Animation: Enzymes
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Figure 3.4e Membrane proteins perform many tasks.
Intercellular joining
• Membrane proteins of adjacent cells may be hooked together in various kinds of intercellular junctions.
• Some membrane proteins (cell adhesion molecules or CAMs) of this group provide temporary binding sites that guide cell migration and other cell-to-cellinteractions.
CAMs
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Figure 3.4f Membrane proteins perform many tasks.
Cell-cell recognition
• Some glycoproteins (proteins bonded to short chains of sugars which help to makeup the glycocalyx) serve as identificationtags that are specifically recognized by other cells.
Glycoprotein
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Glycocalyx
• Consists of sugars (carbohydrates) sticking out
of cell surface
– Some sugars are attached to lipids (glycolipids)
and some to proteins (glycoproteins)
• Every cell type has different patterns of this
“sugar coating”
– Functions as specific biological markers for cell-
to-cell recognition
– Allows immune system to recognize “self” vs.
“nonself”
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Clinical – Homeostatic Imbalance 3.1
• Glycocalyx of some cancer cells can change so
rapidly that the immune system cannot recognize
the cell as being damaged.
• Mutated cell is not destroyed by immune system so
it is able to replicate
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Cell Junctions
• Some cells are “free” (not bound to any other
cells)
– Examples: blood cells, sperm cells
• Most cells are bound together to form tissues
and organs
• Three ways cells can be bound to each other
– Tight junctions
– Desmosomes
– Gap junctions
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Cell Junctions (cont.)
• Tight junctions
– Integral proteins on adjacent cells fuse to form
an impermeable junction that encircles whole
cell
– Prevent fluids and most molecules from moving
in between cells
– Where might these be useful in body?
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Figure 3.5a Cell junctions.
Interlocking
junctional
proteins
Intercellular
space
Basement membrane
Microvilli
Intercellular
space
Plasma membranes
of adjacent cells
Tight junctions: Impermeable
junctions that form continuous
seals around the cells prevent
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Cell Junctions (cont.)
• Desmosomes
– Rivet-like cell junction formed when linker
proteins (cadherins) of neighboring cells interlock
like the teeth of a zipper
– Linker protein is anchored to its cell through
thickened “button-like” areas on inside of plasma
membrane called plaques
– Keratin filaments connect plaques intercellularly
for added anchoring strength
– Desmosomes allow “give” between cells,
reducing the possibility of tearing under tension
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Figure 3.5b Cell junctions.
Plaque
Intercellular space
Linker
proteins
(cadherins)Intermediate
filament (keratin)
Microvilli
Intercellular
space
Plasma membranes
of adjacent cells
Desmosomes: Anchoring junctions
that bind adjacent cells together act
like molecular “Velcro” and also help
form an internal tension-reducing
network of fibers.
Basement membrane
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Cell Junctions (cont.)
• Gap junctions
– Transmembrane proteins (connexons) form
tunnels that allow small molecules to pass from
cell to cell
– Used to spread ions, simple sugars, or other
small molecules between cells
– Allows electrical signals to be passed quickly
from one cell to next cell
• Used in cardiac and smooth muscle cells
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Figure 3.5c Cell junctions.
Intercellular
space
Channel
between cells
(formed by
connexons)
Basement membrane
Microvilli
Intercellular
space
Plasma membranes
of adjacent cells
Gap junctions: Communicating
junctions that allow ions and small
molecules to pass are particularly
important for communication in
heart cells and embryonic cells.© 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.
How do substances move across the plasma
membrane?
• Plasma membranes are selectively permeable
– Some molecules pass through easily; some do
not
• Two ways substances cross membrane
– Passive processes: no energy required
– Active processes: energy (ATP) required
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3.3 Passive Membrane Transport
• Passive transport requires no energy
• Two types of passive transport
– Diffusion
• Simple diffusion
• Carrier- and channel-mediated facilitated diffusion
• Osmosis
– Filtration
• Type of transport that usually occurs across capillary
walls
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Diffusion
• Collisions between molecules in areas of high
concentration cause them to be scattered into
areas with less concentration
– Difference is called concentration gradient
– Diffusion is movement of molecules down their
concentration gradients (from high to low)
• Energy is not required
• Speed of diffusion is influenced by size of
molecule and temperature
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Figure 3.6 Diffusion.
Dye pellet Diffusion occurring Dye evenly distributed
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Diffusion (cont.)
• Molecules have natural drive to diffuse down
concentration gradients that exist between
extracellular and intracellular areas
• Plasma membranes stop diffusion and create
concentration gradients by acting as selectively
permeable barriers
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Clinical – Homeostatic Imbalance 3.2
• If plasma membrane is severely damaged,
substances diffuse freely into and out of cell,
compromising concentration gradients
• Example: burn patients lose precious fluids,
proteins, and ions that weep from damaged
cells
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Diffusion (cont.)
• Nonpolar, hydrophobic lipid core of plasma
membrane blocks diffusion of most molecules
• Molecules that are able to passively diffuse
through membrane include:
– Lipid-soluble and nonpolar substances
– Very small molecules that can pass through
membrane or membrane channels
– Larger molecules assisted by carrier molecules
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Diffusion (cont.)
• Simple diffusion
– Nonpolar lipid-soluble (hydrophobic) substances
diffuse directly through phospholipid bilayer
– Examples: oxygen, carbon dioxide, fat-soluble
vitamins
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Animation: Diffusion
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Figure 3.7a Diffusion through the plasma membrane.
Extracellular fluid
Lipid-
soluble
solutes
Cytoplasm
Simple diffusion
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Diffusion (cont.)
• Facilitated diffusion
– Certain hydrophobic molecules (e.g., glucose,
amino acids, and ions) are transported passively
down their concentration gradient by:
• Carrier-mediated facilitated diffusion
– Substances bind to protein carriers
• Channel-mediated facilitated diffusion
– Substances move through water-filled channels
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Diffusion (cont.)
• Carrier-mediated facilitated diffusion
– Carriers are transmembrane integral proteins
– Carriers transport specific polar molecules, such
as sugars and amino acids, that are too large for
membrane channels
• Example of specificity: glucose carriers will carry only
glucose molecules, nothing else
– Binding of molecule causes carrier to change
shape, moving molecule in process
– Binding is limited by number of carriers present
• Carriers are saturated when all are bound to
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Figure 3.7b Diffusion through the plasma membrane.
Lipid-insoluble solutes
(such as sugars or
amino acids)
Shape
change
releases
solutes
Carrier-mediated facilitated
diffusion via protein carrier
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Diffusion (cont.)
• Channel-mediated facilitated diffusion
– Channels with aqueous-filled cores are formed by
transmembrane proteins
– Channels transport molecules such as ions or water
(osmosis) down their concentration gradient
• Specificity based on pore size and/or charge
• Water channels are called aquaporins
– Two types:
• Leakage channels
– Always open
• Gated channels
– Controlled by chemical or electrical signals
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Figure 3.7c Diffusion through the plasma membrane.
Small lipid-
insoluble
solutes
Channel-mediated
facilitated diffusion
through a channel
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Diffusion (cont.)
• Osmosis
– Movement of solvent, such as water, across a
selectively permeable membrane
– Water diffuses through plasma membranes
• Through lipid bilayer (even though water is polar, it is
so small that some molecules can sneak past
nonpolar phospholipid tails)
• Through specific water channels called aquaporins
(AQPs)
– Flow occurs when water (or other solvent)
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Figure 3.7d Diffusion through the plasma membrane.
Water
molecules
Lipid
bilayer
Aquaporin
Osmosis, diffusion of
a solvent such as water
through a specific
channel protein
(aquaporin) or through
the lipid bilayer© 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.
Diffusion (cont.)
• Osmolarity: measure of total concentration of
solute particles
• Water concentration varies with number of
solute particles because solute particles
displace water molecules
– When solute concentration goes up, water
concentration goes down, and vice versa
• Water moves by osmosis from areas of low
solute (high water) concentration to high areas
of solute (low water) concentration
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Diffusion (cont.)
• When solutions of different osmolarity are
separated by a membrane permeable to all
molecules, both solutes and water cross
membrane until equilibrium is reached
– Equilibrium: Same concentration of solutes and
water molecules on both sides, with equal
volume on both sides
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Figure 3.8a Influence of membrane permeability on diffusion and osmosis.
Membrane permeable to both solutes and water
Solute and water molecules move down their concentration gradients inopposite directions. Fluid volume remains the same in both compartments.
Leftcompartment:
Solution withlower osmolarity
Rightcompartment:
Solution with greater osmolarity
Both solutions have thesame osmolarity: volumeunchanged
Solutemolecules(sugar)
Freelypermeablemembrane
Solute
H2O
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Diffusion (cont.)
• When solutions of different osmolarity are
separated by a membrane that is permeable
only to water, not solutes, osmosis will occur
until equilibrium is reached
– Same concentration of solutes and water
molecules on both sides, with unequal volumes
on both sides
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Figure 3.8b Influence of membrane permeability on diffusion and osmosis.
Membrane permeable to water, impermeable to solutes
Solute molecules are prevented from moving but water moves by osmosis.Volume increases in the compartment with the higher osmolarity.
H2O
Leftcompartment
Rightcompartment
Solutemolecules(sugar)
Selectivelypermeablemembrane
Both solutions have identicalosmolarity, but volume of thesolution on the right is greaterbecause only water is free to move
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Diffusion (cont.)
• Movement of water causes pressures:
– Hydrostatic pressure: pressure of water inside
cell pushing on membrane
– Osmotic pressure: tendency of water to move
into cell by osmosis
• The more solutes inside a cell, the higher the osmotic
pressure
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Animation: Osmosis
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Diffusion (cont.)
• A living cell has limits to how much water can enter
it
• Water can also leave a cell, causing cell to shrink
• Change in cell volume can disrupt cell function,
especially in neurons
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Diffusion (cont.)
• Tonicity
– Ability of a solution to change the shape or tone
of cells by altering the cells’ internal water
volume
• Isotonic solution has same osmolarity as inside the
cell, so volume remains unchanged
• Hypertonic solution has higher osmolarity than
inside cell, so water flows out of cell, resulting in cell
shrinking
– Shrinking is referred to as crenation
• Hypotonic solution has lower osmolarity than inside
cell, so water flows into cell, resulting in cell swelling
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Figure 3.9 The effect of solutions of varying tonicities on living red blood cells.
Isotonic solutions Hypertonic solutions Hypotonic solutions
Cells retain their normal size andshape in isotonic solutions (same
solute/water concentration asinside cells; water moves in
and out).
Cells lose water by osmosis andshrink in a hypertonic solution
(contains a higher concentrationof nonpenetrating solutes thanare present inside the cells).
Cells take on water by osmosisuntil they become bloated and
burst (lyse) in a hypotonicsolution (contains a lower
concentration of nonpenetratingsolutes than are present
inside cells).
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Clinical – Homeostatic Imbalance 3.3
• Intravenous solutions of different tonicities can
be given to patients suffering different ailments
– Isotonic solutions are most commonly given
when blood volume needs to be increased
quickly
– Hypertonic solutions are given to edematous
(swollen) patients to pull water back into blood
– Hypotonic solutions should not be given because
they can result in dangerous lysing of red and
white blood cells
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