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1.Approximately, what percent of your body is composed of water
2. How is water distributed between the extracellular and
intracellular fluid compartments?
3. Which main hormones are involved in fluid regulation?
4.Where is most of the sodium and potassium found inside of the body?
5. Which micronutrients are needed for blood cell formation & blood clotting?
Explain how proteinemia (excess of protein in the blood) affects blood pressure and the fluid balance between the three fluid compartments (intracellular, interstitial, and blood).
Two (2) liters of a hypotonic 0.5% NaCl solution is infused intothe extracellular fluid compartment of a 40 Kg dog with initialplasma osmolarity = 300 milliosmoles/liter. After equilibration,what will the extracellular fluid volume, intracellular fluidvolume, and plasma osmolarity be? Molecular weight of NaCl =58.5
