Alex was brought into the clinic by his
football coach that stated that Alex is
delirious, has intense cramps and has been
vomiting since he drank over 1000 mL of
water in under 45 minutes at football
practice.
Normally, the sodium concentration inside
the cells is equal to the sodium
concentration outside of the cell. However,
drinking this much water in a short amount
of time will cause the inside
of the cell to become diluted.
To compensate, water from
the outside of the cell will
rush into the cell, causing
water intoxication.
Which cell
organelle
allows this to
happen?