Foods and Nutrition 1030E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Fluid Compartments, Extracellular Fluid, Body Fluid

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Have the ability to conform to the shape of their container. 50-70% of a healthy adult"s body is composed of fluids (men= lower woman= higher) (babies= 70% elderly=50%) About 2/3 of this fluid is within body cells and is called intracellular fluid. Extracellular fluid: tissue or interstitial fluid (between cells within tissue/organs, plasma (fluid portion of blood and lymph), digestive juices (once secreted by cells) The body fluid composition of tissue varies by. Tissue type: lean tissues have higher fluid content than fat tissues (70% vs. 10- Gender: males have more lean tissue and therefore more body fluid. Age: lean tissue is lost with age and body fluid is lost with it (loss of muscle mass) Electrolyte: substances that dissociate in solution into positively and negatively charged ions and are therefore capable of carrying an electric current. Ion: any electrically charged particle (positive or negative), consumed as salts in the diet, separate to form electrically charged ions.

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