If you placed an animal cell in a hypertonic solution, what would happen to the cell?

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A hypertonic solution is a solution in which there are more solutes outside of the cell than inside the cell. This means there is a higher concentration of water inside the cell than outside the cell causing water to rush out of the cell through osmosis. Therefore, the cell would shrivel.
If the cell was in a hypotonic solution, the opposite would occur. There would be a higher concentration of solutes inside the cell, which would lead to water rushing into the cell through osmosis, causing the cell to burst.
Plasmolysis is when a plant cell loses water due to being placed in a hypertonic solution causing water to leave the plant cell. This causes the material inside the cell to shrink away from the cell wall.
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If You Placed an Animal Cell in a Hypertonic Solution