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Drinking too much water during exercise can cause a condition in which the concentration of sodium in the blood is lower than normal.
What immediate response would the blood cells have in this condition?
Cells swell as water moves into them.
Cells swell as water moves out of them.
Cells shrivel as water moves out of them.
Cells shrivel as water moves into them
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Cells swell as water moves into them.
Explanation: Excess water lowers blood (extracellular) sodium, making the extracellular fluid hypotonic relative to the intracellular fluid. Water moves by osmosis into cells, causing them to swell.
Explanation: Excess water lowers blood (extracellular) sodium, making the extracellular fluid hypotonic relative to the intracellular fluid. Water moves by osmosis into cells, causing them to swell.
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