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BALANCE
BODY FLUID
Water present in different form in our body is called body
fluid.
60% of body weight is occupied by body fluid.
Body fluid of body can be divided into two compartments
namely
a. INTRA CELLULAR FLUID
b. EXTRA CELLULAR FLUID
a. INTRA CELLULAR FLUID: Fluid within the cellular compartment is called
intracellular fluid.
Two third of total body fluid is intracellular fluid.
b. EXTRA CELLULAR FLUID: Fluid outside the cellular compartment is called extra
cellular fluid.
One third of total body fluid is extra cellular fluid.
Extra cellular fluid can be again grouped as
I. Intravascular fluid eg. Blood
II. Extravascular fluid
- Interstitial fluid
- Transcellular fluid.
TRANSCELLULAR FLUID:- Transcellular fluid is the portion
of extravascular fluid separated from other extracellular fluid
by epithelial membrane lining.Examples of transcellular
fluids are
-
synovial fluid
ELECTROLYTES PRESENT IN BODY FLUID:Electroltyes present in body fluids are sodium, potassium,
calcium, magnesium, chloride, bicarbonates and
phosphates.
Sodium and chloride are major electrolytes in extracellular
fluid & Potassium and phosphates are major electrolytes in
intracellular fluid.
Liver
Intestine
Skin and
Pancreas