BIOA02H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cotransporter, Paracellular Transport, Trimethylamine N-Oxide

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For aquatic animals, equilibrium of dissolved solutes (ex. Freshwater fish energy is expended to keep the ionic concentration of the body fluids greater than the. Saltwater fish energy is expended to keep the ionic concentration of the body fluids less than the water water enviro. enviro. It is basically a small measure of the number of small dissolved solutes such as ions and small other small molecules. It is almost impossible to separate ionic, osmotic, and volume regulation. Altering one of these factors will end up altering the other ones as well. (example, if ion concentration goes up in blood, then this causes an increase in osmotic pressure, which is regulated by increasing the volume of blood in order to dilute the increased ion concentration). Aquatic environments and osmolarity of body tissues & fresh/seawater: seawater is always 1000mosm. In general, the osmotic concentration of freshwater is around 0. 5 to 15mosm.