FND 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Synovial Fluid, Fluid Compartments, Extracellular Fluid

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Water is essential to survival - women need 3. 7l, men need 2. 7l - without it, death occurs in only a few days. Key function is as a polar solvent - fluid in which solutes can dissolve to form a solution. 75-80% total water intake comes from fluids, 20-25% comes from food, small amount generated in body by metabolism. Water is a medium in which chemical reactions take place, transports nutrients and wastes, provides protection, helps regulates temperature, participates in chemical reactions, helps maintains acid-base balance. Blood is 90% water and transports oxygen and nutrients to cell, carries carbon dioxide and other wastes away from cells. Muscle is 75% water, bone is 25% water, apocyte is 10% water - 60% total adult body weight is water, higher in infants. 2/3 of body water found inside cells (intracellular fluid), high concentration of protein. 1/3 outside cells (extracellular fluid - blood plasma, lymph, interstitial fluid)

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