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 will cause the student's cells to shrink.
B) It will make the cells hypovolemic.
C) Water is water, so it will not do anything to the student's cells.
D) It will cause the student's cells to swell.
E) It is an isotonic solution, so water will enter and leave cells at the same rate.
Ans: D) It will cause the student's cells to swell.
You might also like to view...
Averaged over a few heartbeats, venous return is ________ cardiac output
A) much higher than B) somewhat higher than C) equal to D) somewhat lower than E) much lower than
With regard to homeostic mechanisms, extrinsic control factors originate outside of the body and intrinsic factors originate within the body
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The FSH injections have the following effect on the ovary:
A. increases LH receptor expression in the theca B. increases androstenedione production C. stimulates oocyte maturation D. increases CYP19 (aromatase) expression in the granulosa cells E. induces luteinization
Match the characteristic with the correct division of the nervous system.All axons are myelinated
A. Autonomic nervous system B. Somatic motor nervous system C. Both somatic and autonomic nervous systems D. Neither somatic nor autonomic nervous system