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Is ocean water hyper, hypo or isotonic to your body? Explain why.

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Answer:

Ocean water is hypertonic to my body .

Step-by-step explanation:

The osmotic pressure of of the ocean water is greater(dur to huge number Na+ ions) than that of our body.As a result ocean water is hypertonic with respect to our body.

From this point of view it can be stated that if our body cell is kept in beaker containing ocean water, the body cell will shrink due to the diffusion of water from the cell to the ocean water.

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