Which statement is not true of osmosis ?

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It obeys the laws of diffusion.

In animal tissues, water moves to the cell with the most negative osmotic potential.

Red blood cells must be kept in a plasma that is hypotonic to the cells.

Two cells with identical osmotic potentials are isotonic to each other.

answer is C.

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A hypotonic solution has a lower solute concentration compared to the intracellular solute concentration. When a red blood cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, there will be a movement of water into the cell.

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