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Red blood cells

Dennis Kunkel, University of Hawaii

How to detect hemolysis.

C.L. Case

The red blood cells shown at the left are in a(n)

Hypoosmotic environment
Isoosmotic environment
Hyperosmotic environment

Here are typical data from a dialysis tubing experiment.
Is the dialysis tubing in a(n):

Hypotonic environment
Isotonic environment
Hypertonic environment
Give me more information.

Alcohols
There is a correlation between lipid solubility and diffusion across the membrane; as lipid solubility increases, diffusion increases (yellow bar). Molecules that diffuse faster than expected (points above yellow bar) are relatively small and those that penetrate more slowly than expected (points below yellow bar) are relatively large.

See Elodea cells.