Which consequence results when hypotonic fluid excess occurs in blood?

💡 Explanation

Cell lysis happens because water moves into cells via osmosis, driven by lower blood osmolarity; therefore cells swell and burst as intracellular pressure rises, rather than shrink via crenation were blood hypertonic.

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