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Shrinking of red blood cells

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When RBCs are placed in a hypertonic salt solution, water moves from inside the cell to the outside by osmosis. This causes the cells to shrink. When RBCs are placed in distilled water, a hypotonic solution, water moves from outside of the cell to the inside, causing the cell to swell and rupture.

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