Water always drifts toward saltier water (osmosis). So the solution you put a cell in decides its fate: stay normal, swell and burst, or shrivel up. This is exactly why the right IV fluid matters.
Isotonic solution
Isotonicthe cell stays normal
Drop the cell into…
📷 Reference image
A real labeled figure to compare with the interactive above.
Tonicity — Osmosis & the Cell — OpenStax, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
