Why does rapid intravenous administration of a hypertonic glucose solution induce cellular dehydration in the digestive tract's epithelial cells?

💡 Explanation

Rapid glucose infusion increases extracellular osmolarity; because the concentration gradient is so high, water moves out of the digestive tract cells to equalize the osmotic pressure via osmosis. Therefore, cellular dehydration occurs in these cells, rather than being directly caused by changes in ATP, lysosomal activity or protein synthesis.

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