Tonicity Refers to

question 43

Multiple Choice

Tonicity refers to

• A) the total concentration of solutes in fluids separated by a selectively permeable membrane.
• B) the pressure exerted by the fluids surrounding a cell.
• C) the amount of negative versus positive charges of the molecules and ions in a solution.
• D) how able a cell is to resist changes in solute concentrations without bursting or shrinking.
• E) the ease with which solutes can cross a particular cell membrane.

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