In healthy people, it is good practice to use isotonic solutions for injections into veins of the circulatory system because ________
A) hypotonic solutions cause red blood cells to crenate
B) hypertonic solutions cause red blood cells to swell and lyse
C) isotonic solutions maintain the normal volume and function of red blood cells
Answer: C
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