Intravenous (IV) solutions administered to patients are normally isotonic. Which of the following is most likely if an IV of distilled water is administered to a patient?

A The cells that are exposed to hypotonic solutions will shrink as a result of salt moving into the blood.

B The liver will secrete additional bile salts into the blood to raise the tonicity of the administered fluid.

C The cells that are exposed to hypotonic solutions will expand as water moves osmotically into the cells from the blood.

D The patient’s respiration rate will slow to compensate for the higher levels of circulating blood.