How come when a cell is hypertonic to its environment, it tends to swell/burst from cytosis?

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anonymous · Answer

OK during cytosis, if the cell it hypertonic to its external surrounding s (outside) then there is a higher concentration of water outside the cell. Therefore the sol. outside has a high water potential, so water moves into the cell, causing it to become turgid(swell) and if too much water is absorbed and the cell wall is not present(animal cells), the pressure builds up inside causing the cell to burst ! .

anonymous · Answer

Ok, that makes sense, but wouldn't the water lose solute as well since the solute would diffuse out, and wouldn't that make them cancel out?

anonymous · Answer

@agentscape
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anonymous · Answer

@mridrik
no, the water wouldn't loose solute as well as because water is the only thing rushing inside the where there is a lower concentration of solute, hence it will explode due ti this. And it wouldn't loose solute.