Question: Answer the following question given this paragraph: Figure 41.2 Cells placed in a hypertonic environment tend to shrink due to loss of water. In a hypotonic environment, cells tend to swell due to intake of water. The blood maintains an isotonic environment so that cells neither shrink nor swell. (credit: Mariana Ruiz Villareal). Q: An environment in which cells neither sink nor swell is known as what? Choices: - pressured environment - electrolyte environment - exothermic environment - isotonic environment A:
Answer:
isotonic environment