Q: An environment in which cells neither sink nor swell is known as what?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Figure 41.2 Cells placed in a hypertonic environment tend to shrink due to loss of water. In a hypotonic environment, cells tend to swell due to intake of water. The blood maintains an isotonic environment so that cells neither shrink nor swell. (credit: Mariana Ruiz Villareal).

 Choices:

- pressured environment

- electrolyte environment

- exothermic environment

- isotonic environment


A:
isotonic environment