A Student in Your Physiology Lab Is Thirsty and Decides

question 134

Multiple Choice

A student in your physiology lab is thirsty and decides to sneak a drink of deionized or distilled water. The student drinks a fairly large quantity of this water in a short period of time. What will happen to the student's cells?

• A) Water is water, so it will not do anything to the student's cells.
• B) It will cause the student's cells to swell.
• C) It will cause the student's cells to shrink.
• D) It is an isotonic solution, so water will enter and leave cells at the same rate.
• E) It will make the cells hypovolemic.

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