A student in your physiology lab is thirsty and decides to sneak a drink of deionized or distilled water. The student drinks a fairly large quantity of this water in a short period of time. What will happen to the student's cells?
A) Water is water, so it will not do anything to the student's cells.
B) It will cause the student's cells to swell.
C) It will cause the student's cells to shrink.
D) It is an isotonic solution, so water will enter and leave cells at the same rate.
E) It will make the cells hypovolemic.
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