A&P 1: Please help me understand "hypertonic" & "hypotonic"!!

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For the life of me I can't keep these 2 straight. I'll think I've got it down and then along comes a question about whether something is "hyper/hypotonic to" something else...Aaaagghhhh!

What is wrong with me? It doesn't seem like it should be so difficult to understand.

Thanks for any help you can offer!

Hyper means a lot, hypo means little. If you remember one thing remember that SOLUTES SUCK. Hypertoninc has Hyper (A lot) of solutes and therefore it sucks.

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