TY - JOUR AU - Hendry, Edward B. AB - THE PROPERTIES OSMOTIC OF THE NORMAL HUMAN ERYTHROCYTE; EDWARD B. F.R.F.P.S.G. HENDRY, B.Sc., Ph.D., M.B., By From the Western Biochemistry, Department of Infirmary, Glasgow in a WHEN are medium hypotonic erythrocytes suspended containing the cell solutes which do not the cells swell membrane, penetrate by until the osmotic on the two sides of the equilibrium imbibing.water The cell membrane is re-established. determination of the of degree from the cell be calculated known laws of may swelling physical and it also be determined If the chemistry, may experimentally. as the observed calculated value is the same then the value, erythrocyte these laws of and behaves as a chemistry obeys physical perfect the other the two osmometer. on values do not then If, hand, agree, the for some unknown an osmometer is, reason, erythrocyte imperfect and either some chemical laws which are as undiscovered or obeys yet is a unto itself. law the of cell be calculated from Theoretically, degree swelling may the :? equation (Ponder, 1948) V W 1 (p?'^) \pT+if In when the volume of the medium the cells is limited. surrounding V is this the initial volume of the cell is taken as equation, unity fraction of the TI - The Osmotic Properties of the Normal Human Erythrocyte JF - Edinburgh Medical Journal DA - 1954-01-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/pubmed-central/the-osmotic-properties-of-the-normal-human-erythrocyte-4CF4GtIPLv SP - 7 EP - 24 VL - 61 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -