hypotonic

ADJECTIVE
  1. (of living tissue) lacking normal tone or tension
  2. (of a solution) having a lower osmotic pressure than a comparison solution
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  • Whilst the luminal fluid in the descending limb becomes increasingly hyperosmotic down the length of the limb, the fluid in the ascending limb becomes increasingly hypotonic, as sodium, potassium and chloride are being removed with the aid of the Na+ / K+-2Cl - cotransport system in the apical membrane. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • The cells were centrifuged and subjected to a mild hypotonic treatment (0.56% ammonium oxalate).
  • Antiinflammatory activity: A phosphate buffered saline extract of the roots of P. zrylanica stabilised red blood cells subjected to both heat - and hypotonic-induced lyses, A biphasic response and a reduction in the enzymatic activities of alkaline and acid phosphatases were observed and adenosine triphosphate activity was stimulated in liver homogenates of formaldehyde-induced arthritic rats. Find Me A Cure
  • Cerebral palsy takes the form of a hypotonic tetraplegia when the child has a mobility problem but with floppy muscles.
  • Thus, the photodamaged lysosomes and the normal ones will suffer the same level of osmotic stress in the same hypotonic sucrose medium.
  • The infant with botulism becomes progressively weak, hypotonic and hyporeflexic, showing bulbar and spinal nerve abnormalities.
  • The purpose of this activity is to teach the students about osmosis and the effects of hypotonic, hypertonic, and isotonic solutions on animal cells.
  • Less commonly, cerebral palsy takes the form of a hypotonic tetraplegia, with no spasticity, when the child has a mobility problem but with floppy muscles.
  • At the end of the culture period cells were harvested, exposed to a hypotonic solution and fixed in methanol/acetic acid.
  • Vasopressin continued to act in patients excreting isotonic or hypertonic urine, so hypotonic intake must be avoided in them.
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