Answer the following questions true (T) or false (F)

1. Cells may lyse when placed into a hypertonic environment.

2. Mr. Weddington was admitted to the hospital with chronic heart failure. His feet and legs were swollen with fluid. He should be given a hypotonic drip to draw fluid out of his cells.

3. Both cilia and flagella are constructed of a ring of nine pairs of microtubules surrounding two central microtubules.


1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE

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Fill in the blank with correct words.

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