An aqueous solution has an osmolarity of 318 mOsm.  If a cell with an intracellular osmolarity of 260 mOsm is placed into this solution, the solution is said to be hypertonic isotonic isoosmotic hypotonic

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An aqueous solution has an osmolarity of 318 mOsm.  If a cell with an intracellular osmolarity of 260 mOsm is placed into this solution, the solution is said to be

  1. hypertonic
  2. isotonic
  3. isoosmotic
  4. hypotonic
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The osmolarity of a solution is the concentration of solutes within a solution. It is given as the total number of osmoles of a solute per liter of the solution. An osmole is the amount of a solute in which the solute becomes osmotically active.

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