In healthy people, it is good practice to use isotonic solutions for injections into veins of the circulatory system because _ .
A) hypertonic solutions cause red blood cells to swell and lyse
B) isotonic solutions maintain the normal volume and function of red blood cells
C) hypotonic solutions cause red blood cells to crenate

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Isotonic solutions have the same osmotic pressure as the body fluids, which helps maintain the normal volume and function of red blood cells, avoiding the risk of cell swelling (lysis) or shrinking (crenation) that can occur with hypertonic or hypotonic solutions, respectively.

In Healthy People, It Is Good Practice to Use Isotonic