If the medium surrounding the cell has a higher water concentration than the cell it is called Hypotonic solution

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• If the medium has exactly the same water concentration as the cell, it is called Isotonic solution
• What is a hypotonic solution?
• Cells swell in hypotonic solution and shrinks in hypertonic solution
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• If a cell is placed in a medium and it gains water, what type of solution is the cell placed in?
• A cell kept in a solution draws water and swells up, the nature of this solution is
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• Solutions with lower solute concentration than the cytoplasm are called____________.