Question

Pick the correct answer to the following question. Write a brief statement explaining why each choice of answers is correct or incorrect.

In diabetes mellitus, because of insufficient insulin production, glucose cannot enter cells. instead it accumulates in rhe blood plasma. which of the following statements would be true under these conditions?
A. The concentration of the plasma would decrease.
B. the osmotic pressure of the plasma would remain the same.
C. Water would move out of the tissues into the plasma.
D. Tissue cells would swell.

Answer 1

c, more solids(glucose) outside cells in the blood plasma means the water in the cells will move out into the plasma through osmosis.