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Red blood cells in an isotonic salt solution What would happenif red blood cells in an isotonic NaCl solution were diluted withpure water by a factor of five?
The cells would lose water and shrink.
The cells would swell and lyse (burst).
The cells would take up water, but the cell wall would preventbursting.
The cells would pump water out of the cell.
You need to prepare blood for a transfusion. You have the following three processed blood packs available:
Pack A- enriched in Red Blood Cells (RBCs) Contents: 2.5 wt% white blood cells (WBCs); 50.0 wt% isotonic fluids; the resr is RBCs.
Pack B- enriched in serum proteins. Contents: 50.0 wt% Serum Proteins; 1.0 wt% WBCs; 18 wt% isotonic fluids; the rest RBCs.
Pack C- contents: 100 wt% isotonic fuilds.
All three packs must be mixed in correction proptions to generate blood for a transfusion pack. The pack needs to have the following composition: 2 wt% WBCs and 12.6 wt% serum proteins.
(a). write out mass conversation equations for RBCs, WBCs, isotonic fuild, seum proteins and total mas.
(b). Calculate the weight percent (wt%) of RBCs and isotonic fluids in the transfusion pack.
(c). What is the ratio of the mass of pure isotonic fluid (pack c) to the mass of pack A? What is the ration of the mass of pack b to the mass of pack A?