If the sodium potassium pump is impaired due to insufficient potassium in the body:

A) the cells will shrink and eventually die.
B) sodium accumulates and causes the cells to swell.
C) excess sodium fills the extracellular space.
D) water shifts from the cell and into the extracellular fluid.


Ans: B) sodium accumulates and causes the cells to swell.

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