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?

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In your body, normal osmolarity of blood serum is just under 0.3 molar. Because cell membranes are permeable to water, the osmolarity of intracellular fluid is approximately equal to that of extracellular fluid (though the intracellular and extracellular composition in terms of specific ions and proteins is quite different). As an aside, measurement of osmolarity of serum is an important clinical test used to check for dehydration or other imbalances of water and electrolytes.

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