A Student in Your Physiology Lab Is Thirsty and Decides

question 125

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

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