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Explain the effect of ingesting an extremely large amount of water at the cellular, including the role of osmosis in this process

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Answer from: toomuch94

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In extreme cases, it is possible to die from drinking too much water. The consumption of several liters of water in a short amount of time can lead to brain edema (swelling) and death. Explain the effect of ingesting an extremely large amount of water at the level of the brain cells, including the role of osmosis in this process.

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Note, the term Osmosis in biology refers to the movement of solvents such as water through a semipermeable membrane to a higher solute (what is dissolved in the solvent) concentrated region.

For example, when one ingests an extremely large amount of water, the osmosis process begins as the water (which is the solvent) would travel down into the cell membrane and then into the cell (which is the semipermeable membrane in this case), because of the imbalance in the concentration the cell/water level, the cell may dysfunction possibly leading to death.

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The effect of ingesting an extremely large amount of water at the cellular, including the role of osmosis in this process - It creates a hypotonic environment for your body due to osmosis.

Osmosisa process in which solvent such as water moves from its higher concentration to its lower concentrationIt must be separated by a semipermeable membrane or differentially permeable membraneit does not require any extra energy, only depends on the concentration gradient.When someone ingests an extremely large amount of water at the cellular, water will diffuse into the cell and the cell will begin to swell which is known as a hypotonic environment.

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