Intravenous (IV) solutions administered to patients are normally isotonic. Which of the
following is most likely if an IV of distilled water
is administered to a patient?
(A) The cells that are exposed to hypotonic
solutions will shrink as a result of salt
moving into the blood.
(B) The liver will secrete additional bile salts into
the blood to raise the tonicity of the
administered fluid.
(C) The cells that are exposed to hypotonic
solutions will expand as water moves
osmotically into the cells from the blood.
(D) The patient's respiration rate will slow to
compensate for the higher levels of
circulating blood.