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) It is an isotonic solution, so water will enter and leave cells at the same rate.
B) It will make the cells hypovolemic.
C) It will cause the student's cells to shrink.
D) Water is water, so it will not do anything to the student's cells.
E) It will cause the student's cells to swell.
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